dalmatic

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dalmatic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dalmatica \Dal*mat"i*ca\, n., Dalmatic \Dal*mat"ic\, n.[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.
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     2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at
        their coronation.
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