Tallis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Tallis
    n 1: English organist and composer of church and secular music;
         was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd
         (1505-1585) [syn: {Tallis}, {Thomas Tallis}]
    2: (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each
       corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer [syn: {prayer shawl},
       {tallith}, {tallis}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tallis \Tal"lis\, n.
   Same as {Tallith}.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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