Shak.
In England the several suits, or remedial instruments of justice,
are distinguished into three kinds -- actions personal, real, and
mixed.
Blackstone.
5. That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or
followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince,
magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and
pronounced swt.
6. Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual
objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of
rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and
pronounced swt.
7. A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be
united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily
classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of
armor; a suit of clothes. "Two rogues in buckram suits." Shak.
8. (Playing Cards) One of the four sets of cards which constitute a
pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular
emblem, as hearts, spades, clubs, or diamonds.
To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort Her mingled suits and
sequences.
Cowper.