Knighthood
The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.
The whole body of knights.
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Knighthood Quotations
I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
Harold Pinter
Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no.
Derek Jacobi
Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.
Thomas Bulfinch
The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood.
Alex Ferguson
It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing.
George Woodcock
The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.
Thomas Bulfinch
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Knighthood Translations
knighthood in Swedish is adelskap
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