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samite

American  
[sam-ahyt, sey-mahyt] / ˈsæm aɪt, ˈseɪ maɪt /

noun

  1. a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.

samite British  
/ ˈsæmaɪt, ˈseɪ- /

noun

  1. a heavy fabric of silk, often woven with gold or silver threads, used in the Middle Ages for clothing

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Etymology

Origin of samite

1300–50; Middle English samit < Old French < Medieval Latin examitium, samitium < Greek hexámiton, neuter of hexámitos having six threads. See hexa-, mitosis

Example Sentences

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He was standing with his arms out straight while they draped him with ermine, velvet, samite, brocade, and cloth of gold.

From Literature

It concairned a hand and arm, in samite, with a bridle and a candle in its gripe.

From Literature

Textile experts at the Anglo-Saxon Laboratory in York, England, identified several samples as silk samite, a luxury fabric produced in weavers’ workshops in Byzantium, North Africa, or southern Spain.

From National Geographic

The seneschal wore a tokar of maroon samite with golden fringes.

From Literature

He was in crimson samite, his black mantle studded with rubies, on his head his heavy golden crown.

From Literature

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