Noun
A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.
A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.
The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle.
The mantle of a bird.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAboitiz et al., 2003 The pallium is usually divided into three zones: medial, lateral and dorsal. Source: Internet
“Acting in the place of the Roman Pontiff, he also confers the pallium upon metropolitan bishops or gives the pallium to their proxies.” Source: Internet
Beneath the shield he added the pallium, a papal symbol of authority more ancient than the tiara, the use of which is also granted to metropolitan archbishops as a sign of communion with the See of Rome. Source: Internet
In 732, Boniface traveled again to Rome to report, and Pope Gregory III conferred upon him the pallium as archbishop with jurisdiction over Germany. Source: Internet
Hindley Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons p. 43 However, Laurence never received a pallium from Rome, so he may have been considered uncanonical by the papacy. Source: Internet
Lapidge Anglo-Saxon Library pp. 24–25 The pallium was the symbol of metropolitan status, and signified that Augustine was now an archbishop unambiguously associated with the Holy See. Source: Internet