chivalry 
chiv·alry (s̸hiv′əl rē)
noun
- a group of knights or gallant gentlemen
- the medieval system of knighthood
- the noble qualities a knight was supposed to have, such as courage, honor, and a readiness to help the weak and protect women
- the demonstration of any of the knightly qualities
Etymology: ME & OFr chevalerie < chevaler, knight < cheval, horse < L caballus: see cavalry
Converse of object
- follow: The Arthurian legend revolves around the Code of Chivalry followed by King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
- call: The Japanese nation had been blessed by a high-minded chivalry called Bushido, a supernatural virtue of its rulers.
- establish: It is the spiritual home of the Order of the Garter, the senior order of British Chivalry established in 1348 by Edward III.
- say: Who said chivalry was dead, not the dashing red knight with the feather in his helmet!
Noun used with modifier
- O: Come, let us worship Beauty with the knightly faith of old, O Chivalry of Labor toiling for the Age of Gold!
- man: MAN Chivalry is regrettably absent from today's society.
Adjective modifier
- medieval: The Order, like many such organizations, drew heavily on the ideals of medieval chivalry.
- French: The hemmed in French chivalry then charged through the muddy ground.
- British: It is the spiritual home of the Order of the Garter, the senior order of British Chivalry established in 1348 by Edward III.
- medieval: It is not needful to describe the conditions of medieval chivalry with great particularity of detail.
- modern: Caltrap's Corner: A variety of pages about modern chivalry, generally attacking " bogus " orders.
Preposition: in
The age of chivalry isgone.öThat of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
'The age of chivalry is past,'said May Dacre.'Bores have succeeded to dragons.'
The tradition of baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is 'Do anything you can get away with'.
There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Foul as their soil, and frigid as their snows. The lamps that shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merryas a marriage bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!
Herein may be seen noble chyvalrye, curtosye, humanyte¤ , frendlynesse, hardynesse, love, frendshyp, cowardyse, murdre, hate, vertue, and synne.
Iadmit it ismore funto puntthanto be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry.
I, according tomycopy, have doneset it in imprint, tothe intentthat noblemenmayseeand learnthenobleacts of chivalry, the gentle and virtuous deeds that some knights used in those days.
Go little book, thy self present, As child whose parent is unkent: To him that is the president Of noblesse and of chivalry, And if that Envy bark at thee, As sure it will, for succour flee.
The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried byan orphan boy, The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry.
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