knighthood
Bestowed noble rank
Knighthood is the rank or status of a knight, historically a mounted warrior of noble birth, now an honor bestowed by British and other monarchies for distinguished service: She received a knighthood for her contributions to medicine.
The word also refers to knights collectively or the institution itself: the age of knighthood.
Formal male address
- dameDated slang for woman
- baronetHereditary British "Sir"
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- nobilityTitled ruling class
aristocracy · gentry · hereditary · lineage · rank · distinction · honorific · entitlement
Ceremony conferring rank
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
ritual · oath · allegiance · fealty · regalia · mantle · sword · kneeling
Fortified medieval residence
- squireKnight's noble assistant
- joustMounted lance combat
- crusadesAggressive advocacy campaigns
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
vassal · tourney · heraldry · manor · keep · moat · armor · chainmail
Courage, especially in combat
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- codeSymbolic communication system
loyalty · duty · protector · noble · heroism · valor · righteousness · fidelity
Boldness before danger
- courageFortitude facing danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
prowess · daring · fearlessness · intrepidity · boldness · mettle · grit · dauntlessness
Crusading monastic knights
- TeutonicOf ancient German peoples
- BathSomerset spa city
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
chapter · initiation · membership · vows · insignia · grand master · commandery · priory
sir
Formal male address
nobility · aristocracy · gentry · hereditary · lineage · rank · distinction · honorific · entitlement · elevation
investiture
Ceremony conferring rank
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
pageantry · ritual · oath · allegiance · fealty · regalia · mantle · sword · kneeling · sovereign
castle
Fortified medieval residence
feudalism · vassal · tourney · heraldry · manor · keep · moat · armor · chainmail · lance
gallantry
Courage, especially in combat
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
code · loyalty · duty · protector · noble · heroism · valor · righteousness · fidelity · decorum
bravery
Boldness before danger
- courageFortitude facing danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
fortitude · prowess · daring · fearlessness · intrepidity · boldness · mettle · grit · dauntlessness · stoutheartedness
Templars
Crusading monastic knights
- TeutonicOf ancient German peoples
- BathSomerset spa city
- brotherhoodKinship among men
fellowship · chapter · initiation · membership · vows · insignia · grand master · commandery · priory · crusading
- Medieval Termsfeudalism, manorialism, serfdom, guilds, fiefdoms
- HonoursVictoria Cross, Order of the Garter, damehood, OBE, MBE
- noble privilegespeerage, titles, lordship, fiefdom, manorial rights
- heroeshero, heroes, heroine, heroines, superhero
- chivalrychivalry, honor, courtly love, courage, valor
- medievalcastles, cathedral, kings, queens, kingdoms
knighthooddukedom
Noble's territorial domain
earldom · barony · landed aristocracy · viscountcy · marquessate
knighthoodpeasantry
Rural working class
serfdom · commoner · the masses · villeinage · servitude
- medieval knighthoodFeudal warrior's sworn rank
- honorary knighthoodTitle for non-subjects
- order of knighthoodHonorary knightly institution