dalmatic

(dal mat′ik)

noun

a loose outer garment with short, wide sleeves and open sides, worn by a deacon, or by a cardinal, bishop, or abbot
a similar robe worn by an English king at his coronation

Origin: ME dalmatik < OFr dalmatique < LL(Ec) dalmatica (vestis), Dalmatian (garment), after Dalmatia: orig. made of Dalmatian wool

See dalmatic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The wide-sleeved garment worn over the alb by a deacon, cardinal, bishop, or abbot at the celebration of Mass.
A wide-sleeved garment worn by an English monarch at his or her coronation.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English dalmatik

Origin: , from Old French dalmatique

Origin: , from Medieval Latin dalmatica (vestis), Dalmatian (garment) (originally made of white wool from Dalmatia)

Origin: , from Latin dalmaticus, of Dalmatia

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