Sentence:  By the way, a <WSD>pall</WSD> is a pontifical vestment, considerable for the matter, making, and mysteries thereof. ... But, to speak plainly, the mystery of mysteries in this <WSD>pall</WSD> was, that the archbishops' receiving it showed therein their dependence on Rome; and a mote, in this manner ceremoniously taken, was an acknowledgement of their subjection. And as it owned Rome's power, so in after-ages it increased their profit. For, though now such <WSD>palls</WSD> were freely given to archbishops, ... yet in after-ages the archbishop of Canterbury's <WSD>pall</WSD> was sold for five thousand florins: ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Especially in Roman Catholicism: a (worn over the chasuble).