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errantry

[er-uhn-tree]

noun

plural

errantries 
  1. conduct or performance like that of a knight-errant.



ˈerrantry

/ ˈɛrəntrɪ /

noun

  1. the way of life of a knight errant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of errantry1

First recorded in 1645–55; errant + -ry
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Example Sentences

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But her brothers, Elladan and Elrohir, were out upon errantry: for they rode often far afield with the Rangers of the North, forgetting never their mother’s torment in the dens of the orcs.

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The Bree folk were all out to see them off, and were in merrier mood than they had been for a year; and those who had not seen the strangers in all their gear before gaped with wonder at them: at Gandalf with his white beard, and the light that seemed to gleam from him, as if his blue mantle was only a cloud over sunshine; and at the four hobbits like riders upon errantry out of almost forgotten tales.

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Amadas finds himself financially embarrassed, and sets forth for seven years of errantry with only forty pounds in hand.

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The age of knight errantry which Cervantes has haloed with a deathless charm, breathes in this historic Pass of Honour.

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It was agreed, however, that the splendours of Constantinople would provide a more fitting background to their nuptials, and accordingly all set sail for the Golden Horn, having first been honoured by a visit from Amadis of Gaul in person, who, notwithstanding his patriarchal years, still continued to prove the delights of errantry.

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erranterrare humanum est