Knight of the Bath
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Knight of the Bath
So called because of the bath new knights took before initiation into the order
Example Sentences
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Richard became a Knight of the Bath and of the Garter.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1771, he was made Knight of the Bath; and in 1795, was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Lavington of Lavington.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
A quaint old book treating of knighthood and chivalry gives a full and detailed account of all the circumstances of the ceremony of a creation of a Knight of the Bath.
From Men of Iron by Pyle, Howard
His mother was Anne Warren, sister to Captain Peter Warren, who "served with reputation" in the Royal Navy and afterward became Knight of the Bath and Vice-Admiral of the Red Squadron of the British Fleet.
From Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Goodwin, Maud Wilder
Edward VI., upon his accession, acknowledged his kinship and created him Knight of the Bath.
From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Acheson, Arthur
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