chivalry

[chiv·al·ry]

Men behaving courteously toward women holding the door for them, offering them their jackets when it's cold is called chivalry. Many women consider chivalry a lost art. Nice work, fellas.

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A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.

Noun
courtesy towards women

Noun
the medieval principles of knighthood


n.
A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.

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

n.
The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.

n.
A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.

n.
Exploit.


Chivalry

Chiv"al*ry , n. [F. chevalerie, fr. chevalier knight, OF., horseman. See Chevalier, and cf. Cavalry.] 1. A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry. "His Memphian chivalry." Milton.
By his light Did all the chivalry of England move, To do brave acts.
2. The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry. Dryden. 3. The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.
The glory of our Troy this day doth lie On his fair worth and single chivalry.
4. (Eng. Law) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord. 5. Exploit. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. Court of chivalry, a court formerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.

A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.

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Usage Examples

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

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Other Usage Examples

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom to serve all, but love only one.

The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.

The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will put oneself in a romantic frame of mind, one can admire their notions of chivalry and bravery and justice.

We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit.

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