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Knighthood

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Noun
  1. 1
    An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called Sir. countable, uncountable

    "the knighthood of Sir [So-and-So]"

  2. 2
    aristocrats holding the rank of knight wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality of being a knight. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The knights collectively, the body of knights. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English knyghthode, knyȝthod, from Old English cnihthād, from Proto-West Germanic *knehtahaidu, equivalent to knight + -hood. Cognate with Dutch knechtheid, dialectal German Knechtheit.

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