Chivalry

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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II. Chivalry ·noun The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, ·etc.

III. Chivalry ·noun A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.

IV. Chivalry ·noun The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry.

V. Chivalry ·noun 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.