burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
the covering thrown over a coffin, is the Latin pallium, a square piece of cloth used by the Romans to throw over their shoulders, or to cover them in bed; hence a coverlet Pall, the long sweeping robe, is the Roman palla, worn only by princes and women of honest fame This differed greatly from the pallium, which was worn by freemen and slaves, soldiers, and philosophers Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by Milton: Il Peuseroso
If something unpleasant casts a pall over an event or occasion, it makes it less enjoyable than it should be. The unrest has cast a pall over what is usually a day of national rejoicing. if something palls, it becomes less interesting or enjoyable because you have experienced it before (appal)
(Gr Omophorion) One of the bishop's vestments, made of a band of brocade worn about the neck and around the shoulders It signifies the Good Shepherd and the spiritual authority of a bishop