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knighthood [ˈnaɪthʊd] n 1. the order, dignity, or rank of a knight 2. the qualities of a knight; knightliness 3. knights collectively Knighthood knights collectively; a military force or host, 1377; knightage, 1840. Examples: knighthood of the battle, 1382; multitude of heavenly knighthood [angels], 1382.
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Translations knighthood n (= knights collectively) → Ritterschaft f (= rank) → Ritterstand m; to receive a knighthood → in den Adelsstand erhoben werden; he’s hoping for a knighthood → er hofft, in den Adelsstand erhoben zu werden knighthood [ˈnaɪthud] n (Brit) (title) → cavalierato to get a knighthood → essere nominato cavaliere knighthood [ˈnaɪthud] n (Brit) (title) → cavalierato to get a knighthood → essere nominato cavaliere How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I ran across him in the street and congratulated him on the knighthood with which his eminent services during the war had been rewarded. Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the king during his mayoralty. I had had confidential agents trickling through the country some time, whose office was to undermine knighthood by imperceptible degrees, and to gnaw a little at this and that and the other superstition, and so prepare the way gradually for a better order of things. |
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