Dalmatic

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  • noun. The wide-sleeved garment worn over the alb by a deacon, cardinal, bishop, or abbot at the celebration of Mass.
  • noun. A wide-sleeved garment worn by certain monarchs at their coronations.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A loose-fitting ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves, provided with an opening for the passage of the head, divided or left partly open at the sides, and reaching to or below the knee.
  • noun. The imperial mantle, resembling the ecclesiastical dalmatic, worn by kings and emperors at coronation and on other important occasions.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
    • Word Usage
    "This dalmatic is from a set given to the church in Rome in 1810 by a Franciscan sister in Naples."
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