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knighthood


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Knighthood  \Knight"hood\,  n.  [Knight  +  hood:  cf  AS  chihth[=a]d 
  youth.] 
  1.  The  character,  dignity,  or  condition  of  a  knight,  or  of 
  knights  as  a  class;  hence  chivalry.  ``O  shame  to 
  knighthood.''  --Shak. 
 
  If  you  needs  must  write,  write  C[ae]sar's  praise; 
  You  'll  gain  at  least  a  knighthood,  or  the  bays. 
  --Pope. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  knighthood 
  n  :  aristocrats  holding  the  rank  of  knight 




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