Category:Suite

Suite, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.