knighthood
IPA: nˈaɪthʊd
noun
- An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir"
- The quality of being a knight.
- The knights collectively, the body of knights.
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Examples of "knighthood" in Sentences
- Tzu-kung asked, What is it that we call knighthood?
- According to the BBC, he called the knighthood an “unlooked for honour”.
- The decision to recommend that Salman Rushdie receive a knighthood was a bold and correct one.
- She didn't get off to a good start with a botched explanation of why giving Salman Rushdie a knighthood was a bad idea.
- Dr. Siemens has received many honours from learned societies at home and abroad; and a title equivalent to knighthood from the German Government.
- Iran (the declared enemy) called the knighthood an "insulting, suspicious and improper act by the British Government in an obvious example of fighting against Islam."
- Aldridge went on to tour the European continent, garnering numerous honors, including a knighthood from the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and transforming Russian acting technique with his naturalistic style.
- Day visited Sir Norman at his nursing home last year and said that despite his failing health, he remembered pretending to stumble after receiving his knighthood from the Queen in 2000, asking: "Do you remember when I tripped?"
- He does not need a knighthood from a German Queen as you suggest, Henry Jones-Davies because, unbeknown to you, he’s been awarded the Order of the Pink Freesia by the Dear Leader himself - the highest honour that North Korea can bestow on a foreigner!
- Bazalgette, a descendant of the great Victorian civil engineer responsible for building London's sewers, said: "To receive a knighthood is a delightful compliment and I am acknowledging it as recognition for television's thriving independent production sector in general."
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