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English noun: Tallis

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


SynonymsThomas Tallis


Instance hypernymcomposer, organist

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


Synonymsprayer shawl, tallith


Broader (hypernym)shawl


Domain categoryJudaism









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