Palla

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  • n. A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.
  • n. A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in Ancient Rome and fastened with brooches.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Roman antiquity, a full outer robe or wrap, akin to the Greek himation, worn out of doors by women.
  • n. Eccles., an altar-cloth; a piece of altar-linen (palla altaris); especially, a corporal (palla corporalis, palla dominica), or a chalice-pall.
  • Word Usage
    "The _palla_ was flung like a cloak or mantle, over the _stola_, or uppermost robe, 'Ad talos stola demissa et _circundata_ palla.'"
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abdallah    Falla    Gala    Galla    Ocala    Valhalla    balla    calla    gala    salah   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    kamati    kena    cirabhàsitam    malah    gacchati    bhveyysi    sabbathà'    ece    sampajjati    long-loved