Dalmatic

[dæl'mætik]

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.

Edited by Eileen

Definition

n. a loose-fitting wide-sleeved ecclesiastical vestment worn specially by deacons in the R.C. Church also sometimes by bishops.

Inputed by Carter