knightagen.
/ˈnʌɪtɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈnaɪdɪdʒ/ a. A body of knights; the whole body of knights.
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knighthood1377
knightage1858
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. v. 238 He rode thither with his Anspach Knightage about him, ‘four-hundred cavaliers’.
b. A list and account of persons who are knights.
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knightage1840
1840 Dod (title) The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland.
1900 Whitaker's Peerage 44 Wherever in the Knightage the husband is styled ‘Sir’, the wife, in conventional usage, has the title ‘Lady’ or ‘Dame’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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