† ˈpalliament Obs.
[ad. med.L. palliāment-um, f. palliāre to cloak.]
A robe, gown: in quots. the white gown of a candidate for the Roman consulship.
| 1588 Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 182 Titus Andronicus, the people of Rome..Send thee by me..This Palliament of white and spotlesse Hue, And name thee in Election for the Empire. 1593 Peele Honour of Garter 92 A goodly king in robes most richly dight, The upper like a Roman palliament. |