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dalmaire

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Searchable Lemmata: dalmaire (AF).
Alternate Forms: daumaires.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; dalmatic.(1212 - 1214)
1. sa dalmaire Qui mise en liu de paille fut Sus la biere [AND Dial Greg (138vb) 1212]
2. Des fertres coverz de daumaires Biblical/Hagiographic. [AND S Greg (1297) 1214]
AF.
Sex: Male    Use: Ecclesiastical    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Back, Chest, Shoulder(s), Waist.

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, Cf. dalmatic.
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