Definition of "pallia" []

• A plural of pallium. (noun)

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• "During this Mass, he imposed the pallia on the metropolitan archbishops appointed since the same date last year."
• "The archbishops paid enormous sums to the pope for their badges of office (_pallia_)."
• "The two archbishops went to Rome in 1071 to receive their pallia, and when (c. 1078) a demand was made through the papal legate, Hubert, for the payment of arrears of"