SUITE
\swˈiːt], \swˈiːt], \s_w_ˈiː_t]\
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A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A company of attendants or servants; as, a king and his suite; a series or set; as, a suite of rooms, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald