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palladium noun1. . LME.
[Latin from Greek palladion, from Pallad-, Pallas epithet of the goddess Athene: see -IUM.]
Classical Mythology. An image of the goddess Pallas (Athene), in the citadel of Troy, on which the safety of the city was supposed to depend, later reputed to have been taken to Rome. LME.
transf. & fig. A thing on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc., is believed to depend; a safeguard. E17.