The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry. "O shame to knighthood." Shak. If you needs must write, write Cæsar's praise; You 'll gain at least a knighthood, or the bays. Pope.
The whole body of knights. The knighthood nowadays are nothing like the knighthood of old time. Chapman.
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