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Definition of Knighthood
1. Noun. Aristocrats holding the rank of knight.
Definition of Knighthood
1. n. The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.
Definition of Knighthood
1. Noun. An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir" ¹
2. Noun. The quality of being a knight. ¹
3. Noun. The knights collectively, the body of knights. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knighthood
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knighthood
Literary usage of Knighthood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"We here see how utterly wrong ¡8 the statement of the false Ingulf (70, Gale)
that the religious form of bestowing knighthood was something specially ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"And this condition is embodied in the statutes of every Order of knighthood,
religious or military, which can trace its origin to a period when chivalry was ..."
3. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"knighthood brought these two classes nearly to a level ; and it is owing ...
And the Emperor Sigismund, having conferred knighthood, during his stay at ..."
4. Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History by Henry William Carless Davis (1921)
"WRIT FOR DISTRAINT OF knighthood. This custom is illustrated by writs dating from
the early years of Henry III. In relation to Edward's reign, ..."
5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Rise of the middle classes; the backbone of the landed gentry the freeholding
knighthood ; simply a distinguished social class with open ranks; esquires; ..."
6. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1875)
"And we are thus enabled to explain the frequent orders for the distraint of
knighthood as arising from something above and besides the ..."
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