Definition of "retinues" [retinues]

• Plural form of retinue. (noun)

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• "The Iraqi intelligence official said the attacks were trying to present the country as dangerous because Arab heads of state and their large retinues plan to meet in Baghdad in late March for the annual Arab League summit."
• "Now that the worst of the worst have finally made it to the screen, we're in a mini golden age of superviolent thrillers about megalomaniacal despots and their sleazy retinues, mass killers and deranged terrorists."
• "There, before retinues of their peoples, they offered libations and obeisance to the celestial center of the universe."