errantry

[ er-uh n-tree ]

/ ˈɛr ən tri /

noun, plural er·rant·ries.

conduct or performance like that of a knight-errant.

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Origin of errantry

First recorded in 1645–55; errant + -ry

Words nearby errantry

err, errancy, errand, errand boy, errant, errantry, errare humanum est, errata, erratic, erratum, errhine

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Example sentences from the Web for errantry

Meseemeth I must leave this land and ride at errantry, for all I desired is vanished.
Tales from the Old French|Various
The day will never come, I hope, when we shall degenerate into the footpad, and lose our Night Errantry.
Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
Amadas finds himself financially embarrassed, and sets forth for seven years of errantry with only forty pounds in hand.
The Grateful Dead|Gordon Hall Gerould
But my strolling, my errantry ended here at last at the steps of this altar, as I knew.
The Strolling Saint|Raphael Sabatini

And when peace was on the land, he went about on errantry, jousting in tournaments and fighting champions.
King Arthur's Knights|Henry Gilbert

British Dictionary definitions for errantry

errantry

/ (ˈɛrəntrɪ) /

noun plural -ries

the way of life of a knight errant

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