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There it lay among the chias, and she picked it up and carried it to her room.

From The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions by Chase, J. Smeaton

In Granada those tunics, which are called chias, are of black velvet, embroidered with gold or silver, and having a train of six or eight yards in length. 

From Roman Catholicism in Spain by Anonymous