. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . States,and the reader will have a tolerably accu-rate picture of that land which, the birth- PALL 713 PALMERS place and home of Jesus Christ, is the cra-dle of Christianity. Pall, the name given to two very differ-ent portions of the vesture employed in theRoniish and some other churches. One ofthese is the funeral pall, an ample coveringof black velvet or other stuff, which is castover the coffin while being borne to
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . States,and the reader will have a tolerably accu-rate picture of that land which, the birth- PALL 713 PALMERS place and home of Jesus Christ, is the cra-dle of Christianity. Pall, the name given to two very differ-ent portions of the vesture employed in theRoniish and some other churches. One ofthese is the funeral pall, an ample coveringof black velvet or other stuff, which is castover the coffin while being borne to ends of the pall are held, during the fu-neral procession, by the most distinguishedamong the friends of the deceased, generallyselected from among those unconnected byblood. In its second and most strictly litur-gical use, the word pall is applied to one ofthe coverings used at the altar in the celebra-tion of the mass. It is usually a linen cloth,but sometimes composed of richer materials. Palm, Palm-tree. There are many spe-cies, several hundreds, it is said, of palm;but the Phoenix dactylifera, or date-palm, isthat which is referred to in Scripture. It is. Palm-tree. highly valued by Eastern nations; and trav-elers tell us that its fruit furnishes the in-habitants of Egypt, Persia, and Arabia witha considerable part of their subsistence. Aconserve is also made of it with sugar; whilethe stones are ground in the hand-mills forthe food of camels. Baskets, bags, and matsare manufactured of the leaves; the trunkU split up, and is serviceable in variousways; the web - like integuments at theoases of the leaves are twisted into ropes;the sap is collected, and is at first a sweet- ish mild beverage, but afterward ferments,and a kind of arrack is produced from it bydistillation. Every part, therefore, of thetree has its use. Formerly palm-trees abounded in word tamar, a palm, enters into thenames of several localities; as Baal-tamar,Hazezon-tamar, etc. Phoenic
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