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Webster 1913 Edition
Dalmatic
Dal-mat′i-ca
,Noun.
Dal-mat′ic
,Noun.
[LL.
dalmatica
: cf. F. dalmatique
.] 1.
(R. C. Ch.)
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.
Definition 2024
dalmatic
dalmatic
English
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.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:
- He had [...] dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis [...].
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:
Translations
ecclesiastical garment
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