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Samite may refer to : * Samite, a heavy silk fabric, of a twill-type weave, worn in the Middle Ages * Samite Mulondo, Ugandan-American musician * '' SS Samite'', a Liberty ship Liberty ships were a ship class, class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Although British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost cons ...
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Samite
Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk textile, fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weaving, weave, often including gold or silver thread. The name "samite" derives from Old French , from medieval Latin deriving from the Byzantium, Byzantine Greek (language), Greek ἑξάμιτον , meaning "six threads", usually interpreted as indicating the use of six yarns in the warp (weaving), warp. Samite continues in use in ecclesiastical robes, vestments, ornamental fabrics, and interior decoration. Structurally, samite is a weft-faced compound twill, plain or figured (patterned), in which the main warp (weaving), warp threads are hidden on both sides of the fabric by the s of the ground and patterning wefts, with only the binding warps visible.Anna Muthesius, "Silk in the Medieval World". In David Jenkins, ed.: ''The Cambridge History of Western Textiles'', Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003, , p. 343 By the later medieval period, the term ''samite'' applied ...
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Samite (musician)
Samite is the stage name for African musician Samite Mulondo. Originally from Uganda, Samite now lives in Tully, New York. He plays the flute and kalimba, a type of thumb piano Mbira ( ; ) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and .... Samite is currently married to Sandra Mulondo, who is a teacher in the Tully Central School District in Tully, New York. Samite likes to attribute his music inspiration to both Ugandan folklore and as an expression of the life he had experienced in Uganda. Samite grew up in the more wealthy of Ugandan families, yet he still shared the feelings and concerns of all Ugandans with his music. Samite's music is well-loved in Uganda, among both the regime and the commoners. With his music, Samite hopes not only to reach Ugandans, but to speak to non-native people o ...
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SS Samite
The ''Schutzstaffel'' (; ; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ''ᛋᛋ'') was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It began with a small guard unit known as the ''Saal-Schutz'' ("Hall Security") made up of party volunteers to provide security for party meetings in Munich. In 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit, which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his direction (1929–1945) it grew from a small paramilitary formation during the Weimar Republic to one of the most powerful organisations in Nazi Germany. From the time of the Nazi Party's rise to power until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, mass surveillance, and state terrorism within Germany and German-occupied Europe. The two main constituent groups were the ''Allgemeine SS'' (General SS) and ''Waffen-SS'' (Armed SS). The ''Allgemeine SS' ...
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