"Knight" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Iu English law. The next personal dignity after the noblllty. of knights there are several orders and degrees. The first ln rank are knights of the Garter, lustituted by Richard I. and improved by Edward III. ln 1344; next follows a knight banneret; then come knights of the Bath, instituted by Henry IV., and revived by George I.; and they were so called from a ceremony of bathing the night before their creation. The last order are knights bachel-ors, who, though the lowest, are yet the most ancient, order of knighthood; for we find that King Alfred conferred this order upon his son Athelstan. 1 Bl. Comm. 403
A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or
jack.
A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a
horse's head.
In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and
admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including
an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a
stainless life.
A champion; a partisan; a lover.
One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of
baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed
as Sir; as, Sir John.
To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by
the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword,
saying: Rise, Sir ---.
A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
A college student in a philosophy class was taking his first examination. On the paper there was a single line which simply said: "Is this a question?" - Discuss. After a short time he wrote: "If that is a question, then this is an answer." The student received an "A" on the exam. A Boston brokerage house advertised for a "young Harvard graduate or the equivalent." Among the inquiries received was one from a Yale grad. He said, "Do you mean two Princeton men, or a Yale man part time?"
A writ for associating certain persons, as knights and other gentlemen of the county, to jus-tlces of assize on the …
Read the complete definitionIn fendal law, orlglnally mere benevolences granted by a tenant to his lord, In times of distress; but at length …
Read the complete definitionA small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.
Read the complete definitionA pot companion.
Read the complete definitionFormerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later …
Read the complete definitionFormerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor.
Read the complete definitionr ARREARAGES. Money unpaid at the due time, as rent behind; the remainder due after payment of a part of …
Read the complete definitionAn assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a …
Read the complete definitionIn feudal and old English law. Aid; compulsory aid, hence a tax or tribute; a kind of tribute paid by …
Read the complete definitionA knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, …
Read the complete definitionTo cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
Read the complete definitionOriginally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title …
Read the complete definitionor BANNERET. In English law. A knight made in the field, by the ceremony of cutting off the point of …
Read the complete definitionA dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of …
Read the complete definitionIn English Iaw. A military order of knighthood, instituted by Richard II. The order was new-Iy regulated hy notifications ln …
Read the complete definitionThe black and white standard of the Knights Templars.
Read the complete definitionA token or badge of knightly rank.
Read the complete definitionEncircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, …
Read the complete definitionbintiróy - (Probably from the Sp. aventurero) Adventurer; youth, bachelor, love-swain, knight-errant.
Read the complete definitionT, or BUDGE OF OOUBT. A certain allowance of provision from the klng to his knights and servants, who attended …
Read the complete definition