Suite \Suite\, n. [F. See Suit, n.]
1. A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished
personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n.,
5.
2. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of
things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of
rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6.
Mr. Barnard took one of the candles that stood upon
the king's table, and lighted his majesty through a
suite of rooms till they came to a private door into
the library. --Boswell.
3. (Mus.) One of the old musical forms, before the time of
the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series
of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance
rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some
composers of the present day affect the suite form.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |