'Dalmatic' definitions:
Definition of 'Dalmatic'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation. [1913 Webster]