Pall (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
  2. a coffin.
  3. anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, especially with darkness or gloom.
  4. Ecclesiastical.
    • pallium (def. 2b).
    • a linen cloth or a square cloth-covered piece of cardboard used to cover a chalice.
  5. pairle.
  6. a cloth spread upon an altar; corporal.
  7. a garment, especially a robe, cloak, or the like.
verb (used with object)
  1. to cover with or as with a pall.
verb (used without object)
  1. to have a wearying or tiresome effect (usually followed by on or upon).
  2. to become distasteful or unpleasant.
  3. to become satiated or cloyed with something.
verb (used with object)
  1. to satiate or cloy.
  2. to make dull, distasteful, or unpleasant.
noun
  1. a cloth covering, usually black, spread over a coffin or tomb
  2. a coffin, esp during the funeral ceremony
  3. a dark heavy covering; shroud
  4. a depressing or oppressive atmosphere
  5. an ordinary consisting of a Y-shaped bearing
  6. Christianity
    • a small square linen cloth with which the chalice is covered at the Eucharist
    • an archaic word for pallium (def. 2)
  7. an obsolete word for cloak
verb
  1. to cover or depress with a pall
verb
  1. to become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
  2. to cloy or satiate, or become cloyed or satiated
Pall (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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