dalmatic noun & adjective. [dal'matɪk] Also Dalmatic. LME.
[Old & mod. French dalmatique or Latin dalmatica use as noun (sc. vestis robe, made of Dalmatian wool) of Dalmaticus of Dalmatia: see DALMATIAN, -IC.]
(Designating) a wide-sleeved ecclesiastical vestment with two stripes, worn by deacons and bishops on certain occasions, or a similar robe worn by monarchs and emperors esp. at coronations.

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