knighthoodn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪthʊd/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtˌhʊd/

Forms: Old English cnihthád; Middle English– knihthád, etc. (see knight n.), Middle English–1500s knighthod, knighthode, Middle English–1500s knighthoode, 1500s– knighthood.

Etymology: Old English cnihthád , < cniht boy, lad + -hád -hood suffix. In Middle English following the current sense of knight n.

I. (Old English cnihthád.)

†1. Boyhood, youth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun] > boyhood

knighthoodc893

boyhood?1577

boyery1579

lad-age1606

manchildhooda1618

boyage1625

boyism1810

laddism1843

ladhood1883

c893 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxviii. §5 Þa hwile þe hit on cnihthade bið, & swa forð eallne giogoðhad.

c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) ix. 56 Pubis, cniht oð ðe cnihthad.

II. (Middle English and modern English.)

a. The rank or dignity of a knight.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood

knighthooda1300

knightheadc1325

chivalry1483

cavalry1601

knightship1620

a1300 K. Horn 440 Þat he me ȝive dubbing Þanne is mi þralhod Iwent in to kniȝthod.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 222 Kinghod and kniȝthod..Helpiþ nouȝt to heuene.

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 31 Preamble Divers of the Kinges Subgiettes..ar commaunded..to take uppon them the honour & degree of Knyghthode.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) v. iii. 126 I would not take a Knighthood [1600 Knight] for my Fortune.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 277 A gentleman..who had long been earnestly ambitious of the honour of Knighthood.

1733 A. Pope 1st Satire 2nd Bk. Horace Imitated ii. i. 7 You'll gain at least a Knighthood, or the Bays.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Feb. 9/1 It is expected that several knighthoods will be conferred.

b. transferred. Applied to one having this rank; a knight.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun]

knighta1100

riderlOE

eques1583

horseman1596

knighthooda1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 71 [The Garter] Buckled below faire Knight-hoods bending knee.

c. With possessive pronoun as a mode of address.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for knight

sirec1275

sir1297

knightship1694

knighthood1828

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 233 I only desired to know if your knighthood proposed the chivalrous task.

d. The ceremony of knighting a person.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [noun] > investing with a rank or title > conferring of knighthood > ceremony of

coleec1430

acoleea1500

accolade1591

knighthood1711

1711 T. Madox Hist. & Antiq. Exchequer i. 2 There Coronations, Marriages and Knighthoods of the King's Children..were celebrated.

a. The profession or vocation of a knight.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > profession or vocation of

knighthoodc1325

knightheadc1480

c1325 Song Mercy 155 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 123 Corteis knihthod and clergye... Are now so roted in rybaudye.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. vi. 31 Yf the studye [of science] wente out of ffraunce, knyghthode wold goo after.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 75 By that, and all the rites of Knighthoode [1623 Knight-hood] else, Will I make good against thee..What I haue spoke.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 49 The Champions..Who Knighthood lov'd, and Deeds of Chivalry.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 145 The old virtues of knighthood—its truth and honour, its chastity and courage.

†b. (tr. Latin mīlitia.) Military service; soldiery; warfare. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military service > [noun]

knightshipa1175

armsc1300

knighthoodc1384

warfarec1485

service1549

soldiership1561

soldierfare1579

military service1586

stipend1604

caska1616

milice1635

lance1641

militia1641

soldiering1643

camp1725

military1757

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Tim. ii. 4 No man holdinge knyȝthod to God [L. militans Deo], inwlappith him silf with worldli nedis.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. x. 4 The armers of oure knyȝthod ben not fleischly.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. l. 122 Þis frayl lif, þat is all temptacion and kniȝthode.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith vi. 4 Then shal the swerde of my knyghthode [L. militiae meae] go thorow thy sydes.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Knighthode, militia.

4. The character and qualities appropriate to a knight; chivalrousness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > [noun]

bachelry1297

knighthood1377

emprisea1393

knightheada1400

chevisance1579

chevachance1592

chivalry1790

chivalrousness1863

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > chivalrousness

knighthood1377

chevisance1579

chivalry1790

chivalrousness1863

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > knightly condition or qualities

chivalry1297

knighthood1377

knightlihood1390

knightliness1596

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 96 Cursed caytyue! kniȝthod was it neuere To mysdo a ded body.

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 652 He was of knyghthod and of fredom flour.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 56 Ther Pendragon dide merveloise knyghthode a-monge his enmyes.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxcviii. 441 The noble knighthode that was in them reconforted them.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 130 Would it grow and bear the noble fruit of ‘gentle, very perfect knighthood’?

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) viii. ii. 290 The perfect knighthood of Sydney.

a. The collective body of knights; a company of knights.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry > medieval or chivalrous

chivalryc1300

knighthood1377

knightage1858

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 116 The kyng and knyȝthode and clergye bothe Casten þat þe comune shulde hem-self fynde.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 11^v By the whiche..the people be susteyned, the knyghtehode multiplied and the houses full of richesse.

1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe v. sig. H2 The Knighthood now a daies, are nothing like the Knighthood of old time.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §4. 76 It was against the centre of this formidable position that William arrayed his Norman knighthood.

†b. (tr. Latin mīlitia.) Military force, host. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun]

trumec893

wic897

ferredc1200

knight-weredc1275

preyc1300

legion?1316

companyc1325

punyec1330

virtuec1350

fellowshipc1380

knightheada1382

knighthooda1382

strengtha1382

sop?a1400

strengh?a1400

tropelc1425

armyc1450

framec1450

preparing1497

armourya1500

cohortc1500

cohortationc1500

cateran?a1513

venlin1541

troop1545

guidon1560

crew1570

preparation1573

esquadron1579

bodya1616

armada1654

expedition1693

armament1698

host1807

war-party1921

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xiii. 4 The Lord of ostes comaundide to the knyȝthod of the bataile.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds vii. 42 To serue to the knyȝthod of heuene.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke ii. 13 A multitude of heuenly knyȝthod, heriynge God, and seyinge, Glorie be in the hiȝeste thingis to God.

Compounds

knighthood-errant n. cf. knight-errant n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > who sits at the Round Table > knight errant > body of knights errant

knighthood-errant1859

knight-errantry1860

1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 249 I was first..who drew The knighthood-errant of this realm..together under me.

† knighthood-money n. Obsolete a fine exacted from persons who refused to be knighted. (Abolished by Act 16 Chas. I, c. 20.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for refusing to be knighted

knighting-money1641

knight-money1643

knighthood-moneyc1670

c1670 A. Wood Life Jan. anno 1643 (1891) I. 79 He was fined in October 1630 for refusing the honour of knighthood, a matter then lately brought up to obtaine money for his majestie's use. This money which was paid by all persons of 40li. per an. that refused to come in and be dub'd knights, was called knighthood-money.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knighthood
释义	knighthoodn. Brit. /ˈnʌɪthʊd/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtˌhʊd/ Forms: Old English cnihthád; Middle English– knihthád, etc. (see knight n.), Middle English–1500s knighthod, knighthode, Middle English–1500s knighthoode, 1500s– knighthood. Etymology: Old English cnihthád , < cniht boy, lad + -hád -hood suffix. In Middle English following the current sense of knight n. I. (Old English cnihthád.) †1. Boyhood, youth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun] > boyhood knighthoodc893 boyhood?1577 boyery1579 lad-age1606 manchildhooda1618 boyage1625 boyism1810 laddism1843 ladhood1883 c893 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxviii. §5 Þa hwile þe hit on cnihthade bið, & swa forð eallne giogoðhad. c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) ix. 56 Pubis, cniht oð ðe cnihthad. II. (Middle English and modern English.) 2. a. The rank or dignity of a knight. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood knighthooda1300 knightheadc1325 chivalry1483 cavalry1601 knightship1620 a1300 K. Horn 440 Þat he me ȝive dubbing Þanne is mi þralhod Iwent in to kniȝthod. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 222 Kinghod and kniȝthod..Helpiþ nouȝt to heuene. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 31 Preamble Divers of the Kinges Subgiettes..ar commaunded..to take uppon them the honour & degree of Knyghthode. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) v. iii. 126 I would not take a Knighthood [1600 Knight] for my Fortune. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 277 A gentleman..who had long been earnestly ambitious of the honour of Knighthood. 1733 A. Pope 1st Satire 2nd Bk. Horace Imitated ii. i. 7 You'll gain at least a Knighthood, or the Bays. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Feb. 9/1 It is expected that several knighthoods will be conferred. b. transferred. Applied to one having this rank; a knight. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] knighta1100 riderlOE eques1583 horseman1596 knighthooda1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 71 [The Garter] Buckled below faire Knight-hoods bending knee. View more context for this quotation c. With possessive pronoun as a mode of address. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for knight sirec1275 sir1297 knightship1694 knighthood1828 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 233 I only desired to know if your knighthood proposed the chivalrous task. d. The ceremony of knighting a person. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [noun] > investing with a rank or title > conferring of knighthood > ceremony of coleec1430 acoleea1500 accolade1591 knighthood1711 1711 T. Madox Hist. & Antiq. Exchequer i. 2 There Coronations, Marriages and Knighthoods of the King's Children..were celebrated. 3. a. The profession or vocation of a knight. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > profession or vocation of knighthoodc1325 knightheadc1480 c1325 Song Mercy 155 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 123 Corteis knihthod and clergye... Are now so roted in rybaudye. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. vi. 31 Yf the studye [of science] wente out of ffraunce, knyghthode wold goo after. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 75 By that, and all the rites of Knighthoode [1623 Knight-hood] else, Will I make good against thee..What I haue spoke. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 49 The Champions..Who Knighthood lov'd, and Deeds of Chivalry. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 145 The old virtues of knighthood—its truth and honour, its chastity and courage. †b. (tr. Latin mīlitia.) Military service; soldiery; warfare. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] knightshipa1175 armsc1300 knighthoodc1384 warfarec1485 service1549 soldiership1561 soldierfare1579 military service1586 stipend1604 caska1616 milice1635 lance1641 militia1641 soldiering1643 camp1725 military1757 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Tim. ii. 4 No man holdinge knyȝthod to God [L. militans Deo], inwlappith him silf with worldli nedis. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. x. 4 The armers of oure knyȝthod ben not fleischly. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. l. 122 Þis frayl lif, þat is all temptacion and kniȝthode. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith vi. 4 Then shal the swerde of my knyghthode [L. militiae meae] go thorow thy sydes. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Knighthode, militia. 4. The character and qualities appropriate to a knight; chivalrousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > [noun] bachelry1297 knighthood1377 emprisea1393 knightheada1400 chevisance1579 chevachance1592 chivalry1790 chivalrousness1863 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > chivalrousness knighthood1377 chevisance1579 chivalry1790 chivalrousness1863 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > knightly condition or qualities chivalry1297 knighthood1377 knightlihood1390 knightliness1596 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 96 Cursed caytyue! kniȝthod was it neuere To mysdo a ded body. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 652 He was of knyghthod and of fredom flour. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 56 Ther Pendragon dide merveloise knyghthode a-monge his enmyes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxcviii. 441 The noble knighthode that was in them reconforted them. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 130 Would it grow and bear the noble fruit of ‘gentle, very perfect knighthood’? 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) viii. ii. 290 The perfect knighthood of Sydney. 5. a. The collective body of knights; a company of knights. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry > medieval or chivalrous chivalryc1300 knighthood1377 knightage1858 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 116 The kyng and knyȝthode and clergye bothe Casten þat þe comune shulde hem-self fynde. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 11^v By the whiche..the people be susteyned, the knyghtehode multiplied and the houses full of richesse. 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe v. sig. H2 The Knighthood now a daies, are nothing like the Knighthood of old time. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §4. 76 It was against the centre of this formidable position that William arrayed his Norman knighthood. †b. (tr. Latin mīlitia.) Military force, host. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun] trumec893 wic897 ferredc1200 knight-weredc1275 preyc1300 legion?1316 companyc1325 punyec1330 virtuec1350 fellowshipc1380 knightheada1382 knighthooda1382 strengtha1382 sop?a1400 strengh?a1400 tropelc1425 armyc1450 framec1450 preparing1497 armourya1500 cohortc1500 cohortationc1500 cateran?a1513 venlin1541 troop1545 guidon1560 crew1570 preparation1573 esquadron1579 bodya1616 armada1654 expedition1693 armament1698 host1807 war-party1921 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xiii. 4 The Lord of ostes comaundide to the knyȝthod of the bataile. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds vii. 42 To serue to the knyȝthod of heuene. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke ii. 13 A multitude of heuenly knyȝthod, heriynge God, and seyinge, Glorie be in the hiȝeste thingis to God. Compounds knighthood-errant n. cf. knight-errant n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > who sits at the Round Table > knight errant > body of knights errant knighthood-errant1859 knight-errantry1860 1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 249 I was first..who drew The knighthood-errant of this realm..together under me. † knighthood-money n. Obsolete a fine exacted from persons who refused to be knighted. (Abolished by Act 16 Chas. I, c. 20.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for refusing to be knighted knighting-money1641 knight-money1643 knighthood-moneyc1670 c1670 A. Wood Life Jan. anno 1643 (1891) I. 79 He was fined in October 1630 for refusing the honour of knighthood, a matter then lately brought up to obtaine money for his majestie's use. 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