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† retenance Obs.
Forms: 4 retyn-, retain-, 4–5 retenance. Also 4–5 -aunce, -auns, -awns.
[a. AF. retenaunce, OF. retenance, -ence, f. retenir to retain: see -ance.]
1. = retinue.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 35 Alle þis Riche Retenaunce þat Regneden with Fals Weoren bede to þe Bruyt-ale. 1390Gower Conf. I. 212 He with al his retenance Ne mihte noght defende his lif. c1400Brut ccxviii. 258 And so he assemblede al his retynance [v.r. retenauntz], and went & spake vnto ham of þe Kyngus honour. c1460Wisdom 689 in Macro Plays 58 Now wyll we thre do make a dance Off thow þat longe to owur retanaunce.
2. to or at (one's) retenance, at one's service or command.
1340–70Alisaunder 154 Him..trulich to serue, For to wend at his wyll, whereso hym liked, And redy to his retainaunce ryght as hee wolde. c1430Hoccleve Min. Poems 71 The flessh, the world, & eek the feend my fo, My wittes alle han at hir retenance. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 362 As a kyng ryall I sette at my plesavns, with wroth and Invy at my ryall retynawns. |