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retinue

[ret′'n o̵̅o̅′, -yo̵̅o̅′]

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noun

The definition of a retinue is a group made up of followers and people who work for a famous person.
An example of a retinue is most of the followers of a specific guru attending a retreat.

retinue

noun

a body of assistants, followers, or servants attending a person of rank or importance; train of attendants or retainers

Origin of retinue

Middle English retenue ; from Old French feminine of retenu, past participle of retenir: see retain

retinue

noun

The retainers or attendants accompanying a high-ranking person.

Origin of retinue

Middle English retenue, from Old French, from feminine past participle of retenir, to retain; see retain.

retinue

Noun

(plural retinues)

A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.
the queenâ€™s retinues

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From Middle English retenue, from Old French retenue, past participle of retenir (â€œretainâ€)

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When I think of the benefactors of the race, whom we have apotheosized as messengers from heaven, bearers of divine gifts to man, I do not see in my mind any retinue at their heels, any carload of fashionable furniture.
In Moscow as soon as he entered his huge house in which the faded and fading princesses still lived, with its enormous retinue; as soon as, driving through the town, he saw the Iberian shrine with innumerable tapers burning before the golden covers of the icons, the Kremlin Square with its snow undisturbed by vehicles, the sleigh drivers and hovels of the Sivtsev Vrazhok, those old Moscovites who desired nothing, hurried nowhere, and were ending their days leisurely; when he saw those old Moscow ladies, the Moscow balls, and the English Club, he felt himself at home in a quiet haven.
As to the serfs the only indication was that three out of their huge retinue disappeared during the night, but nothing was stolen; and as to the value of their possessions, the thirty peasant carts that had come in from their estates and which many people envied proved to be extremely valuable and they were offered enormous sums of money for them.
The two men were helped into their coats by the retinue of servants that seemed to always be within call.
By this date the crescent Moon will have joined the retinue of planets - see Dia.

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