dalmatic

Definitions


[dalˈmatɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a wide-sleeved long, loose vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops, and by monarchs at their coronation


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French dalmatique or late Latin dalmatica, from dalmatica (vestis) ‘(robe) of (white) Dalmatian wool’, from Dalmaticus ‘of Dalmatia’




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