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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English dalmatyk, from Old English dalmatice, from Late Latin dalmatica, from Latin, feminine of dalmaticus Dalmatian, from Dalmatia Date: before 12th century 1. a wide-sleeved overgarment with slit sides worn by a deacon or prelate 2. a robe worn by a British sovereign at his or her coronation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a wide-sleeved long loose vestment open at the sides, worn by deacons and bishops, and by a monarch at his or her coronation. Etymology: ME f. OF dalmatique or LL dalmatica (vestis robe) of Dalmatia

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dalmatica Dal*mat"i*ca, n., Dalmatic 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.