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SAMITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does samite mean? 

SAMITE (noun)
  The noun SAMITE has 1 sense:

1. a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Agesplay

  Familiarity information: SAMITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAMITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("samite" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)


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