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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 Ages
Familiarity information: SAMITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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