errantry
Adventurous knightly roaming
Errantry is the condition or practice of wandering in search of adventure, particularly as a knight-errant.
The word belongs to medieval romance and its imitations, describing the roving life of knights who traveled seeking worthy deeds: tales of chivalry and errantry.
The term is literary and archaic, rarely encountered outside historical or fantasy contexts.
Seeking journey for something
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- paladinHeroic knightly defender
- squireKnight's noble assistant
- joustingMounted knightly combat sport
tournament · armor · lance · heraldry · steed · crusade · valor · gallantry
Moving without fixed purpose
- rovingMoving from place to place
- journeyingAct of traveling somewhere
- wayfarersTravelers on foot
- itinerantMoving for work
nomadic · vagabond · rambling · drifting · pilgrimage · odyssey · trek · wanderlust
Risky exciting undertaking
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- missionPurpose-driven task
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- seekingAttempting to find
venture · undertaking · heroic · perilous · trials · challenges · noble cause · rescue
quest
Seeking journey for something
jousting · tournament · armor · lance · heraldry · steed · crusade · valor · gallantry · courtly
roaming
Moving without fixed purpose
- rovingMoving from place to place
- journeyingAct of traveling somewhere
- wayfarersTravelers on foot
itinerant · nomadic · vagabond · rambling · drifting · pilgrimage · odyssey · trek · wanderlust · peregrination
adventure
Risky exciting undertaking
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- missionPurpose-driven task
- pursuitAct of chasing something
seeking · venture · undertaking · heroic · perilous · trials · challenges · noble cause · rescue · grail
errantrysedentariness
Habitual physical inactivity
rootedness · settledness · domesticity · staying put · fixedness
errantryroutine
Regular sequence of actions
mundanity · ordinariness · complacency · idleness · passivity
- knight errantRoaming medieval warrior-adventurer
- knight errantryWandering in pursuit of adventure