dalmatic

From Middle French dalmatique, from Ecclesiastical Latin, derived ultimately from the name of the province of Dalmatia.

• Hyphenation: dal‧ma‧tic
• (UK) IPA^(key): /dalˈmatɪk/

dalmatic (plural dalmatics)

1. 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.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:

     He had [...] dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis [...].

• Dalmatia
• Dalmatian

• chasuble
• sakkos
• sticharion
• vestment