dalmatic

plural dalmatics · alternative Dalmatic · alternative archaic dalmatique

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.

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

   1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray

   Synonyms: dalmatica

comparative more dalmatic · superlative most dalmatic · alternative Dalmatic · alternative archaic dalmatique

1. alternativeAlternative form of Dalmatic.

comparative more Dalmatic · superlative most Dalmatic

1. Related to Dalmatia and its language and culture; Dalmatian.

   Jerome translated the Scripture into the Dalmatic tongue, as these men do testify, Alphonsus a Castro, Eckius, Hosius, Erasmus.

   1849, Robert Rollock, William Maxwell Gunn, Select works, ed. by W.M. Gunn - Volume 1, page 143

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   In contrast to the situation in Solvenia, where many geographical terms of Latin or Greek origin have entered the Slovenian language through German mediation (ex. cisterna, kanal, katarakt, ocean, sifon, terme itd.), the Dalmatic language has played the role of intermediary in Croatia.

   2003, P. Sture Ureland, Convergence and divergence of European languages

   Croatian language stands out among the remaining South Slavic languages in significant lexical influence received from Romance languages (substrate traces of the Dalmatic language, e.g., jarbol, tunj). Italian significantly influenced the coastal regions of Croatia (especially the parts formerly under Venetian control), while German and, to an extent, Hungarian influenced the continental part.

   2012, Georg Rehm, Hans Uszkoreit, The Croatian Language in the Digital Age, page 58

plural Dalmatics

1. alternativeAlternative form of dalmatic.

   The Dalmatic should extend to the apparel of the alb, and the sleeves should be sufficiently short not to cover the wrist apparels.

   1858, John Purchas, The Directorium Anglicanum

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   These are Charlemagne's crown, which weighs fourteen pounds, and is enriched with a great profusion of rubies, emeralds, pearls, and diamonds ; the Dalmatic robe, or mantle, richly embroidered with large pearls ; Charlemagne's sword ; the golden globe and sceptre; the imperial mantle, elegantly embroidered with eagles, and bordered with emeralds, chrysolites, diamonds, and sapphires; the buskins, covered with plates of gold; and the coronation gloves, embroidered with a variety of precious stones.

   1838, Joseph Taylor, The Wonders of Nature and Art

   Bingham clearly distinguishes between the Colobium and Dalmatic: the former was a short coat without sleeves, the latter was a long one with sleeves.

   1840, Charles Henry Hartshorne, An Endeavour to Classify the Sepulchral Remains in Northamptonshire