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dalmatica

dalmatica noun: synonym of dalmatic.

Noun

dalmatica (plural dalmaticae or dalmaticas)

  1. Synonym of dalmatic.
    • See also the splendid dresses of the clergy, unequalled in any other country and age; the dalmaticas and ternos are most superbly embroidered.1865, H[enry] O’Shea, “Seville”, in A Guide to Spain, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 390, column 2
    • Moses and his followers wear the tunic and pallium, the Jews coloured dalmaticae and paenulae.[…]The women wear long gaily but softly tinted dalmaticae, with broad coloured clavi;1904, Jean Paul Richter, Alicia Cameron Taylor, The Golden Age of Classic Christian Art, London: Duckworth and Co., pages 201 and 355
    Synonyms:
    dalmatic

Examples of dalmatica in a sentence

  • For the privilege of wearing dalmaticae, see above, Vol.1905, F. Holmes Dudden, Gregory the Great: His Place in History and Thought, volume II, Eugene, Or.: Wipf and Stock Publishers, published...
  • Tunicas and dalmaticas, although usually of some solid, bright colour, now began to be decorated all over with patterns, embroidered or stencilled in conventional designs.1924, Herbert Norris, Costume & Fashion: The Evolution of European Dress Through the Earlier Ages, London; Toronto, Ont.: J. M. Dent and...
  • It ornamented, not only the chair of Saint Ambrose at Milan, but also the dalmaticas of the primitive Christians.1929, In the Evening of My Thought, Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, translation of [Au Soir de la Pensée]...
  • D. 301) lists all manner of dalmaticae in fine wool, silk, wool and silk union fabric, and linen, for men and women.1968, Bonner Jahrbücher, page 222:

Synonyms of dalmatica

Forms of dalmatica

pluraldalmaticae
pluraldalmaticas

Origin of dalmatica

From Latin dalmatica.

Questions about dalmatica

What does dalmatica mean?
Dalmatica means synonym of dalmatic.
How do you use dalmatica in a sentence?
For the privilege of wearing dalmaticae, see above, Vol.
What part of speech is dalmatica?
Dalmatica is a noun.
What is the plural of dalmatica?
The plural of dalmatica is dalmaticae.

Words near dalmatica in the dictionary

  1. Dalmatian barbelgudgeon
  2. Dalmatian barbelgudgeons
  3. Dalmatian laburnum
  4. dalmatians
  5. dalmatic
  6. dalmatica
  7. dalmaticae
  8. dalmaticas
  9. dalmatics
  10. Dalmation
  11. dalmatique

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