knighthood

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noun

An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir"“He's got an OBE, and MBE and his recent work should entitle him to a knighthood.”
The quality of being a knight.
The knights collectively, the body of knights.

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Synonyms

knightship knight order of knighthood knight service knight-service knightdom military order chevalier squire knightage knight bachelor order esquire seignior squirehood donat

Associated

chivalry kcmg chivalric precedence conferred honours garter bestowed chancery buckingham peerage

Rhymes

good livelihood falsehood second childhood hood could brotherhood misunderstood neighborhood should

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