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Dalmatic, a. and n.|dælˈmætɪk|
[The n. occurs earliest, being a. F. dalmatique (15th c. in Littré), ad. L. dalmatica, subst. use (sc. vestis) of Dalmaticus adj. of Dalmatia. (Thence L. dalmaticātus attired in a dalmatic.) The adj. is of later adaptation from L.]
A. adj. Belonging to Dalmatia, Dalmatian. Dalmatic robe: a dalmatic, or a garment resembling it; so Dalmatic vestment.
1604E. G. D'Acosta's Hist. Indies v. xx. 384 Their habite and robe was a red curtin after the Dalmatike fashion, with tasselles belowe..They were attired in a Dalmatike robe of white wroght with blacke. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1638) 38 Their habit, a long coat or vest of white quilted Callico of the Dalmatick sort. 1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6089/3 The King's Regal Mantle, and Dalmatick Vestment. 1804Ann. Rev. II. 83/2 The deacon, standing, in the dalmatic vestment, bears the chalice. 1838Rubric Coron. Q. Vict. in Maskell Mon. Rit. (1847) III. 114 Then..the Imperial Mantle, or Dalmatic Robe, of Cloth of Gold, lined or furred with Ermins, is..delivered to the Dean of Westminster, and by him put upon the Queen, standing.
B. n. An ecclesiastical vestment, with a slit on each side of the skirt, and wide sleeves, and marked with two stripes, worn in the Western Church by deacons and bishops on certain occasions.
b. A similar robe worn by kings and emperors at coronation and other solemnities.
Cf. Isidore Orig. xix. xxii. 9 Dalmatica vestis primum in Dalmatia provincia Græciæ texta est, tunica sacerdotalis candida cum clavis ex purpura.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. vi. 153 Wyth a prestis vestment hale Wyth twynykil and Dalmatyk. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 350/1 The byere was couerd with a clothe named dalmatyke. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. II. viii. 118 Mention is made of Dalmatics for the deacons. 1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) II. ix. 69 The usual episcopal vestments, the amice..tunic and dalmatic. 1855Browning Misconceptions ii, The true bosom..Meet for love's regal dalmatic. |