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dalmatic - 3 dictionary results

dal⋅mat⋅ic

[dal-mat-ik]
–noun
1. Ecclesiastical. a vestment worn over the alb by the deacon, as at the celebration of the Mass, and worn by bishops on some occasions, as at a coronation.
2. a similar vestment worn by a sovereign of England at his or her coronation.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < AF dalmatike < LL Dalmatica (vestis) Dalmatian (garment). See Dalmatia, -ic
dal·mat·ic   (dāl-māt'ĭk)   
n.  
  1. The wide-sleeved garment worn over the alb by a deacon, cardinal, bishop, or abbot at the celebration of Mass.
  2. A wide-sleeved garment worn by an English monarch at his or her coronation.

[Middle English dalmatik, from Old French dalmatique, from Medieval Latin dalmatica (vestis), Dalmatian (garment) (originally made of white wool from Dalmatia), from Latin dalmaticus, of Dalmatia.]

dalmatic

liturgical vestment worn over other vestments by Roman Catholic and some Anglican deacons. It probably originated in Dalmatia in Greece and was a commonly worn outer garment in the Roman world in the 3rd century and later. Gradually, it became the distinctive garment of deacons.

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