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Meaning of DALMATICA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at
   their coronation.
 
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