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.
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.
