Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Palliate

(3 syl.) means simply to cloak. (Latin, pallium, a cloak.)

“That we should not dissemble nor cloke them [our sins]. but confess them with a humble, lowly, and obedient heart.” - Common Prauer Book.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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