Dal‐mat″i‐ca (?), n., 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.