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DEFINITION: (noun) The group following and attending to some important person. SYNONYMS: entourage, cortege, suite. USAGE: Guillaume Lejean…reached Karthoum by way of the Red Sea, and embarked upon the Nile with a retinue of twenty-one hired men and twenty soldiers.

Armstrong is an American cyclist and has been hailed as one of the finest in the sport. He is best known for overcoming testicular cancer to win the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, he has devoted a considerable amount of time to his charity, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which provides support for people with cancer. In 2005, allegations surfaced accusing Armstrong of engaging in what illegal activity?

Based on a belief in witchcraft, spirits, and demons, a superstition is the irrational idea that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome. A common superstition in the Middle Ages was that the devil could enter a person's body during the unguarded moment when he was sneezing. People began saying “God bless you” to protect that person from evil forces. Whose authority established this superstition as religious doctrine?