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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