knighthood.
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and whereafter one is entitled to be called Sir.
Meaning & usage
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and whereafter one is entitled to be called Sir.
the knighthood of Sir [So-and-So]
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.
Where this word comes from
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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