[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pali \pa"li\, n.,
   pl. of palus.
   1913 webster
see also:
palus 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pali \pa"li\, n. ceylonese, fr. skr. p=ali row, line, series,
   applied to the series of buddhist sacred texts.
   a dialect descended from sanskrit, and like that, a dead
   language, except when used as the sacred language of the
   buddhist religion in farther india, etc.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palus \pa"lus\, n.; pl. pali. l., a stake. zool.
   one of several upright slender calcareous processes which
   surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
   1913 webster
see also:
pali 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pali
     n : an ancient prakrit language derived from sanskrit that is
         the scriptural and liturgical language of theravada
         buddhism

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