TALLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tallis mean? 

• TALLIS (noun)
  The noun TALLIS has 2 senses:

1. English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)

2. (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer

  Familiarity information: TALLIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALLIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Tallis; Thomas Tallis

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

organist (a person who plays an organ)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

prayer shawl; tallis; tallith

Hypernyms ("tallis" is a kind of...):

shawl (cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)