The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pali \Pa"li\, n.,
   pl. of Palus.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pali \Pa"li\, n. [Ceylonese, fr. Skr. p[=a]li 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.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pali
    n 1: an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is
         the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada
         Buddhism