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RETINUE (O. Fr. retenue, from retenir...

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 203 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RETINUE (O. Fr. retenue, from retenir, See also:Lat. retenere, hold back, retain)  , a See also:body of persons " retained " in the service of a See also:noble or royal personage, a See also:suite of " retainers." Such retainers were not in the domestic service of their See also:lord, but were his " See also:livery " and claimed his See also:protection . They were a source of trouble and abuse in the 15th and See also:early 16th See also:century (see LIVERY and See also:MAINTENANCE) .

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