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
At the close of the war he was made a Knight of the Bath.
From A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle by Lancey, Magdalene de
He was an ambassador, and Knight of the Bath; so was Vandyck.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Squire of a Knight of the Bath at the Crowning of Charles II.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
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