See also:

• RETINUE (O. Fr. retenue, from retenir, Lat. retenere, hold back, retain)

RETINUE (O. Fr. retenue, from retenir, See also:

• LAT

Lat. retenere, hold back, retain)  , a See also:

• BODY

body of persons " retained " in the service of a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble or royal personage, a See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite of " retainers." Such retainers were not in the domestic service of their See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord, but were his " See also:

• LIVERY

livery " and claimed his See also:

• PROTECTION

protection . They were a source of trouble and abuse in the 15th and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century (see LIVERY and See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

MAINTENANCE) .