11) 32. True Knight. Stephen Hawes. The Oxford Book of English Verse
...FOR knighthood is not in the feats of warre, As for to fight in quarrel right or wrong, But in a cause which truth can not defarre: He ought himself for to make sure...
12) Accolade (3 syl.). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The touch of a sword on the shoulder in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; originally an embrace or touch by the hand on the neck. (Latin, ad collum, on the neck.)...
13) Stars and Garters! (My). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...An expletive, or mild kind of oath. The stars and garters of knighthood. Shakespeare makes Richard III. swear "By my George, my garter, and my crown!" (Richard III.,...
14) chevalier. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A member of certain male orders of knighthood or merit, such as the Legion of Honor in France. 2a. A French nobleman of the lowest rank. b. Used as a title for...
15) The First Part. IV. Of That Which Befel to Our Knight After He Departed
from the Inn. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. 1909-14. Don Quixote, Part 1.
The Harvard Classics
...and had children, but yet one very fit for this purpose and squirely function belonging to knighthood. With this determination he turned Rozinante towards the way...
16) Domisel'lus. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The son of a king, prince, knight, or lord before he has entered on the order of knighthood. Also an attendant on some abbot or nobleman. The person domiciled in...
17) dub. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...long-established meanings, both Standard: to confer a title on, especially to confer a knighthood on, as in I, King Arthur, dub thee knight; and to add a soundtrack...
18) accolade. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...an award. 2. A ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation. 3. Ceremonial bestowal of knighthood. Inflected forms: acˇcoˇladˇed, acˇcoˇladˇing, acˇcoˇlades To...
19) decorations, civil and military. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...the ancient Greeks and Romans and gained prevalence with the medieval custom of conferring knighthood (see knight). 1Orders of knighthood, such as the Order of the...
20) knight. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...A mounted warrior in Europe in the Middle Ages. (See chivalry.) 1 Over the centuries, knighthood gradually lost its military functions, but it has survived as a social...
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