ˈmānē, -ni noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English meynie (also, household, family) — more at menial
1. archaic
a. : a group of attendants or followers : retinue
summoned up their meiny , straight took horse — Shakespeare
b. : a group of associates : band , company
the priest of Loyola's meiny — W.H.Gardner
2. now chiefly Scotland : a great number : multitude