ˈsaˌmīt, ˈsāˌ- noun
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Etymology: Middle English samit, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin examitum, samitum, from (assumed) Middle Greek hexamiton (whence Old Slavic oksamitŭ velvet), from Greek, neuter of hexamitos of six threads, from hexa- + mitos thread of the warp — more at dimity
: a rich medieval fabric of silk interwoven sometimes with gold or silver threads and used or worn only by ecclesiastics and nobles
an arm rose up from out the bosom of the lake clothed in white samite , mystic, wonderful — Alfred Tennyson