samite

Meaning

Noun

  • A material of rich silk, sometimes with gold threads, especially prized during the Middle Ages.

Origin

  • From Old French samit, from Medieval Latin samitum, examitum, from Byzantine Greek ἑξάμιτον, from ἕξ + μίτος.

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