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Knights Bannerets :: Knights bannerets (pl. ) of Knight bannere.

Custrel :: Custrel (n.) An armor-bearer to a knight.

Donship :: Donship (n.) The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight..

Knight Marshal :: Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties..

Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right..

Errantry :: Errantry (n.) The employment of a knight-errant.

Dubbing :: Dubbing (n.) The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc..

Crosspiece :: Crosspiece (n.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

Beauseant :: Beauseant (n.) The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..

Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner..

Knighthead :: Knighthead (n.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard.

Armorer :: Armorer (n.) Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor..

Squire :: Squire (n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire..

Companion :: Companion (n.) A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath..

Baronet :: Baronet (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners..

Collar :: Collar (n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order..

Knightage :: Knightage (n.) To body of knights, taken collectively..

Dominus :: Dominus (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor..

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