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Knights Bachelors :: Knights bachelors (pl. ) of Knight bachelo.

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.

Talliage :: Talliage (n.) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses..

Knight-er-ratic :: Knight-er-ratic (a.) Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.

Chivalry :: Chivalry (n.) The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry..

Guide :: Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder..

Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.

Chivalrous :: Chivalrous (a.) Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.

Commandery :: Commandery (n.) An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.

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..

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

Garter :: Garter (n.) The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself..

Cycle :: Cycle (n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins..

Sir :: Sir (n.) A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.

Knightliness :: Knightliness (n.) The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry.

Joust :: Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.

Knight :: Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..

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

Coistril :: Coistril (n.) An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries.

Banneret :: Banneret (n.) Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank..

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