Chivalry Synonyms and Antonyms

shĭvəl-rē
Respectful attention, especially toward women
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chivalrousness
  2. gallantry
  3. noble-mindedness
  4. princeliness

Words Related to Chivalry

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Chivalry Sentence Examples

  • In English law chivalry meant the tenure of land by knights' service.

  • The pick of the feudal chivalry composed their ranks; with all Europe to draw upon, their resources seemed inexhaustible, and centuries of political experience made them as formidable in diplomacy as they were valiant in warfare.

  • His court was famous throughout Europe as a school of chivalry.

  • Every feudal court and castle was in fact a school of chivalry, and although princes and great personages were rarely actually pages or squires, the moral and physical discipline through which they passed was not in any important particular different from that to which less exalted candidates for knighthood were subjected.'

  • Two modes of conferring knighthood appear to have prevailed from a very early period in all countries where chivalry was known.

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