knighthood
knighthood is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The whole body of knights. The knighthood nowadays are nothing like the knighthood of old time. Chapman. Note: "When the order of knighthood was conferred with full solemnity in the leisure of a court or court or city, imposing preliminary ceremonies were required of the candidate. He prepared himself by prayer and fasting, watched his arms at night in a chapel, and was then admitted with the performance of religious rites. Knighthood was conferred by the accolade, which, from the derivation of the name, would appear to have been originally an embrace; but afterward consisted, as it still does, in a blow of the flat of a sword on the back of the kneeling candidate." Brande & C.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arms
- bays
- blue
- cap
- cockade
- cordon
- coronet
- cross
- crown
- decoration
- epaulet
- epaulette
- esquire
- excellency
- feather
- garland
- garter
- grace
- handle
- highness
- his
- honor
- laurel
- livery
- lordship
- master
- medal
- mynheer
- name
- nobility
- order
- palm
- reverence
- reverend
- reward
- riband
- ribbon
- scutcheon
- senor
- serene
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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