Assertion: affinity | /r/HasProperty | collective name
Facets:
value: in post-classical history
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In post-classical history, an affinity was a collective name for the group (retinue) of (usually) men whom a lord gathered around himself in his service; it has been described by one modern historian as "the servants, retainers, and other followers of a lord", and as "part of the normal fabric of society".