knighthood

English

Etymology

From Middle English knyghthode, knyȝthod, from Old English cnihthād, from Proto-West Germanic *knehtahaidu, equivalent to knight +‎ -hood. Cognate with Dutch knechtheid, dialectal German Knechtheit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

knighthood (countable and uncountable, plural knighthoods)

1. An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir"

   He's got an OBE and MBE, and his recent work should entitle him to a knighthood.

   • 1953 August, “Sir Sam Fay”, in Railway Magazine, page 506:

     He received his knighthood at the opening of Immingham Dock in 1912.

2. The quality of being a knight.
3. The knights collectively, the body of knights.

Derived terms

• knighthood-errant
• order of knighthood

Translations

an honour whereby one is made into a knight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: verheffing in de adelstand f
• Finnish: ritarius
• Georgian: რაინდობა (raindoba)
• German: Rittertum n, Ritterlichkeit (de) f, Ritterschaft (de) f
• Irish: ridireacht f
• Macedonian: витештво n (viteštvo)
• Russian: ры́царство (ru) n (rýcarstvo)
• Scots: knichtheid
• Scottish Gaelic: ridireachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: витештво n

  Roman: viteštvo (sh) n

• Turkish: şövalyelik (tr)

quality of being a knight

• Arabic: فروسية f
• Bulgarian: рицарство n (ricarstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: ridderschap (nl) n
• Finnish: ritarius
• Georgian: რაინდობა (raindoba)
• German: Rittertum f, Ritterlichkeit (de) f, Ritterschaft (de) f
• Irish: ridireacht f
• Macedonian: витештво n (viteštvo)
• Russian: ры́царство (ru) n (rýcarstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: ridireachd f
• Turkish: şövalyelik (tr)

body of knights

• Bulgarian: рицарство n (ricarstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: ridderschap (nl) f
• Finnish: ritaristo (fi), ritarikunta (fi)
• German: Rittertum f, Ritterlichkeit (de) f, Ritterschaft (de) f
• Macedonian: витештво n (viteštvo)
• Russian: ры́царство (ru) n (rýcarstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: ridireachd f
• Swedish: ridderskap n