errantry

[ er-uhn-tree ]

/ ˈɛr ən tri /

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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, erratically, erratum

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How to use errantry in a sentence

Those mighty enquiries were the intellectual jousts and tournaments of the age of chivalry and knight errantry.
The Way to Abolish Slavery|Charles Stearns
The king seems to have had no definite purpose beyond gratifying his taste for knight-errantry.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
It was the old axiom of knight-errantry adapted to our own century, which made every weapon fair used against the plebeian!
Roland Cashel|Charles James Lever
And as all this passed rapidly through her mind it aroused all her knight-errantry, raising a strongly protective spirit in her.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet

Then I resolved with true knight-errantry To burst the door, and set the captive free.
The Peace Egg and Other tales|Juliana Horatia Ewing

British Dictionary definitions for errantry

errantry

/ (ˈɛrəntrɪ) /

noun plural -ries

the way of life of a knight errant

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