knighthood
Origin of knighthood
Examples from the Web for knighthood
Contemporary Examples of knighthood
At the end of his life, after the AFI dinner, the queen offered, and he accepted, a knighthood.
After his knighthood, I stop by to see him and call him Sir Alfred.
Prime Minister David Cameron responded by saying the victory should be marked in truly British style: with a knighthood.
“I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis,” the letter reads.
He should have been awarded a knighthood, even possibly the Garter.
Historical Examples of knighthood
A pretty degree of knighthood, sir, is that which can be bought with sugar hogsheads!
The Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper
It was almost as though Henry himself had accepted a knighthood.
A Great ManArnold Bennett
Long after knighthood had passed away, the struggle continued.
Boy Scouts HandbookBoy Scouts of America
Industry, thrift, and shrewdness were likely to win enough to buy a knighthood.
The Facts About ShakespeareWilliam Allan Nielson
His knighthood as a sworn chum was put in question and he was cruelly hurt.