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# palladium

«palladium» in Mova's school dictionary: **believed to keep a city or people safe from harm** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural palladiums)

### meaning for a pupil

A thing that is believed to keep a city or people safe from harm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palladium/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories the Palladium was a sacred statue that protected the city of Troy

### examples

- The temple held the sacred Palladium of Troy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palladium/#x1)
- People believed the city was safe while the Palladium stood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palladium/#x2)
- Our old tree was a palladium for the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palladium/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «palladium» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palladium/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.