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DALMATIC
Etymology
Noun
dalmatic (plural dalmatics)
A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and is worn by a deacon at the Eucharist or Mass and, although infrequently, by bishops as an undergarment above the alb.
Adjective
dalmatic (comparative more dalmatic, superlative most dalmatic)
Alternative form of Dalmatic
Etymology
Adjective
Dalmatic (comparative more Dalmatic, superlative most Dalmatic)
Related to Dalmatia and its language and culture; Dalmatian.
Noun
Dalmatic (plural Dalmatics)
Alternative form of dalmatic
Source: Wiktionary
Dal*mat"i*ca, n., Dal*mat"ic (, n. Etym: [LL. dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]
1. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia.
2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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