chivalry
noun
the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms.
chivalries
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pluralof chivalry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He was very good as far as he went; and if you expect the chivalries of grace out of Nature, you "may expect," as old Fuller saith.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 by Various
Such chivalries, therefore, are now impossible; for myself I say, "Well, let them cease; thank God they once were, the Memory of that can never cease with us!"
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Thomas Carlyle
You say that two chivalries pitched into you, and you knocked them both over.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
I know one great Spanish scholar who has never forgiven Cervantes for destroying the books of chivalries.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by John Rudd
Whatever he knew to his proposed prisoner's disadvantage, there are niceties of honour in these matters—little chivalries all should observe.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
