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14 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words
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dalmatic
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tags: [christianity] [fashion]
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Definition:a fancy, liturgical vestment of some Christian churches; worn during Eucharist proceedings
photo: By Eric Stoltz, CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 )
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He loved to kneel down on the cold marble pavement and watch the priest, in his stiff flowered dalmatic, slowly and with white hands moving aside the veil of the tabernacle,
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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the good lady had put on a jet cloak, like a dalmatic, over which hung an ermine stole the wearing of which seemed to depend not upon the temperature and season, but upon the nature of the ceremony.
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 4]
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