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  • Tallis
    Tallis
    noun
    Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
  • tallis
    tallis
    noun
    Judaism a fringed shawl worn by Jewish men during morning prayers

Tallis

American  
[tal-is] / ˈtæl ɪs /
Or Tallys,

noun

  1. Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.


Tallis 1 British  
/ ˈtælɪs /

noun

  1. Thomas. ?1505–85, English composer and organist; noted for his music for the Anglican liturgy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tallis 2 British  
/ ˈtɑlis, tɑˈlit /

noun

  1. Judaism a fringed shawl worn by Jewish men during morning prayers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tallis

from Hebrew, literally: a cover

Example Sentences

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He and his staff, which will include another Kangaroos great in Gorden Tallis, have been immersing themselves in Super League to gen up.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2025

Tallis has taught English and worked as an editorial assistant in the publishing industry, and Hilary has worked at Seattle restaurants The Fiddler’s Inn and St. Cloud’s, as well as Hardwick Hardware.

From Seattle Times May 30, 2024

Tallis and Hilary Moore read that December article about the Buzzard, Hilary recalls, “and I turned to Tallis and I kind of half-jokingly was like, ‘Do you want to buy a bookstore?’”

From Seattle Times May 30, 2024

There’s a physical experience to singing Byrd or Tallis, or a lot of that era of music.

From New York Times Jul. 4, 2023

No one in the Tallis household was looking after the Quincey twins, and to conceal her guilt she said brightly, “We’ll never find anything with the room in this state.”

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

And if we want an outfit to wear on special occasions, all we have to do is reach into the closet and pull out our tallis, or prayer shawl.

From Washington Post Nov. 23, 2021

Celebrate Fathukkah’s Day by giving your dad a new tie—and a new tallis.

From Slate Nov. 22, 2013

In the eyes of this young son of a rabbi familiar with the image of the white tallis, or prayer shawl, Dick Williams looked more than a manager in a mere baseball uniform.

From New York Times Jul. 23, 2011

As we ponder whether to set our DVR s or smuggle iPhones in our tallis bags, stories of how others have dealt with similar dilemmas can be enlightening.

From Washington Post

I stared at it as I went through my morning routine—washing my hands, putting on tallis and tefillin and davening.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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