Chivalry
['ʃɪv(ə)lrɪ] or ['ʃɪvəlri]
Definition
(noun.) courtesy towards women.
(noun.) the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct.
Editor: Rodney--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.
(n.) The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry.
(n.) The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.
(n.) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.
(n.) Exploit.
Editor: Simon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Knighthood, knight-errantry.[2]. Valor, gallantry.
Editor: Maureen
Definition
n. the usages and qualifications of chevaliers or knights: bravery and courtesy: the system of knighthood in feudal times.—adjs. Chival′ric Chiv′alrous pertaining to chivalry: bold: gallant.—adv. Chiv′alrously.—n. Chiv′alrousness.
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Examples
- Thus far, Gurth, said he, addressing his attendant, the reputation of English chivalry hath not suffered in my hands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They were hardy fellows in the grand old days of chivalry. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Enter Mr. Guppy, who nods to Mr. Snagsby and touches his hat with the chivalry of clerkship to the ladies on the stairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Muhammad's appeal, for example, was to the traditional chivalry and underlying monotheistic feelings of the intelligent Arabs of his time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was no time for fine compunctions, nor for a chivalry that these cruel demons would neither appreciate nor reciprocate. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Nor is it explained by words like chivalry, conscience, social compassion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I know no right of chivalry, he said, more precious or inalienable than that of each free knight to choose his lady-love by his own judgment. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sab Than lay dead beside his father, and the corpses of the flower of Zodangan nobility and chivalry covered the floor of the bloody shambles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It was evident that these self-thought supermen were far inferior to the red men of Barsoom in refinement and in chivalry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is a name of heroism and renown; of kings, princes, and knights; and seems to breathe the spirit of chivalry and warm affections. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But the wager of battle is complete, even according to the fantastic fashions of Norman chivalry--Is it not, Father Aymer? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Those are the flowers of Spanish chivalry. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was as though she were attempting to read my inmost soul, to judge my character and my standards of chivalry in that long-drawn, searching gaze. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He was made a joke of; his gallantry, his chivalry, were the subject of a jest for a petticoat--for two petticoats: Miss Helstone too was smiling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was as little chivalry left among them at last as there is in the honours list knights of England of to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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