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
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Richard became a Knight of the Bath and of the Garter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Broke was at once created a Baronet and a Knight of the Bath.
From Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes by W. H. (William Henry) Fitchett
At the coronation of James I, he was created Knight of the Bath, and soon after obtained a grant of the ruinous castle of Warwick.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Theophilus Cibber
In 1600, he came to London, and being introduced at court, he became a Knight of the Bath soon after the accession of James the First.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
Carleton was made a Knight of the Bath, and Douglas a baronet.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
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