knighting
Creating a knight
Knighting is the act or ceremony of conferring knighthood—the formal ritual where a monarch or other authority taps a person on the shoulders with a sword and declares them a knight.
The term covers both the historical ceremony creating medieval knights and modern honorary knighthoods: The knighting took place at Buckingham Palace.
Post-production sound replacement
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
ritual · oath · allegiance · kneeling · proclamation · bestowal · anointment · presentation
Land-for-service social structure
- castleFortified medieval residence
- squireKnight's noble assistant
- pageNoble's young assistant
- armourBody shielding for combat
jousting · tournament · lance · steed · crusades · vassal · manor · heraldry
Formal male address
- dameDated slang for woman
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- baronetHereditary British "Sir"
title · distinction · rank · nobility · gentry · aristocracy · landed · hereditary
Courage, especially in combat
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- codeSymbolic communication system
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
fealty · loyalty · valor · bravery · courage · nobility · virtue · gentlemanly
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Post-production sound replacement
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
pageantry · ritual · oath · allegiance · kneeling · proclamation · bestowal · anointment · presentation · regalia
feudalism
Land-for-service social structure
armour · jousting · tournament · lance · steed · crusades · vassal · manor · heraldry · surcoat
sir
Formal male address
baronet · title · distinction · rank · nobility · gentry · aristocracy · landed · hereditary · lineage
gallantry
Courage, especially in combat
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- codeSymbolic communication system
honor · fealty · loyalty · valor · bravery · courage · nobility · virtue · gentlemanly · magnanimity
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
crown · throne · scepter · majesty · reign · dynasty · court · sovereignty · royal decree · regal
bravery
Boldness before danger
- courageFortitude facing danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
fortitude · prowess · fearlessness · intrepidity · boldness · daring · mettle · grit · combat · deeds
- chivalrychivalry, honor, courtly love, courage, valor
- medieval lifechivalry, royal courts, jousting, falconry, feasting
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- formal actswedding, baptism, coronation, inauguration, oath
- historical activitiesjousting, archery, blacksmithing, falconry, feasting
knightingdegradation
Decline in condition
demotion · cashiering · disgracing · dishonoring · shaming
knightingexpulsion
Forced permanent removal
banishment · excommunication · striking off · disenrollment · ostracism
- white knightingUninvited chivalrous intervention
- knighting ceremonyFormal bestowal of knighthood
knight, knights, knighted, knightly, knighthood, knighthoods, knightliness, knight-errant, knight-errantry