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[ nahyt -hoo d ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈnaɪt hʊd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the rank or dignity of a knight: to confer knighthood upon him.
the profession or vocation of a knight.
knightly character or qualities.
the body of knights.
Origin of knighthood before 900; Middle English knighthod, Old English cnihthād. See knight, -hood
Words nearby knighthood knight banneret, Knight, Death and the Devil, knight-errant, knight-errantry, knighthead, knighthood , knight in shining armor, knightly, knight marshal, Knight of the Bath, knight of the road
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Example sentences from the Web for knighthood At the end of his life, after the AFI dinner, the queen offered, and he accepted, a knighthood .
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After his knighthood , I stop by to see him and call him Sir Alfred.
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Prime Minister David Cameron responded by saying the victory should be marked in truly British style: with a knighthood .
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“I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis,” the letter reads.
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He should have been awarded a knighthood , even possibly the Garter.
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When he was on his death-bed, in 1869, the empty title of knighthood was conferred upon him.
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His knighthood was conferred with the greatest splendor and all the formalities of the time.
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He came wearing his armour, girt with his sword, and with his golden spurs of knighthood on his heels.
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Here the young warrior was invested with the badge of knighthood .
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He, too, after his own crude fashion, had his order of knighthood as the reward of military prowess.
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British Dictionary definitions for knighthood noun the order, dignity, or rank of a knight
the qualities of a knight; knightliness
knights collectively
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Words related to knighthood gallantry, courtliness