dalmatic

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Definition of dalmatic in English English dictionary: A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and is worn by a deacon at the Eucharist or Mass and, although infrequently, by bishops as an undergarment above the alb; In the first century, a dalmatic was an garment that the upper classes wore over their tunics It is very much like a surplice in shape, except that it is plain and not necessarily white In the church, it is a garment sometimes worn by deacons If the deacon is wearing a stole, the stole goes over the dalmatic; A wide sleeved long, loose clerical vestment , open at the sides; a "higher church" vestment worn by a deacon during the celebration of Holy Eucharist It corresponds to the chasuble worn by the Celebrant, but it is rectangular in shape instead of oval; A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation; 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; the over-vestment of a Deacon, having wide sleeves and reaching to the shins A dalmatic of thin sky-blue silk fringed with bells is worn by the Bishop under his chasuble; {i} ecclesiastical robe or other outer clerical garment