See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. retrahere, to draw back)  , a withdrawal, especially of a See also:

• BODY

body of troops after a defeat or in See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior enemy . In military usage " See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat " is also the See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• SIGNAL

signal, given by See also:

• BUGLE

bugle and See also:

• DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

drum at or about sunset . It is the last See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general signal before " See also:

• TATTOO

tattoo." In religious usage, a " retreat " is a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period and See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place set apart for See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer, self-examination and other spiritual exercises . Such " retreats " conducted by a director have See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been the practice in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . They were introduced into the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Church by See also:

• PUSEY, EDWARD BOUVERIE (1800-1882)

Pusey . The word is also used of an institution or See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home where insane persons or habitual inebriates may be treated . For the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• RELATING

relating to " licensed retreats " for inebriates, see See also:

• INEBRIETY, LAW OF

INEBRIETY, LAW OF .