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CHIVALRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Courtesy towards women
Synonyms:
chivalry; gallantry; politesse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("chivalry" is a kind of...):
courtesy; good manners (a courteous manner)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct
Synonyms:
chivalry; knightliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("chivalry" is a kind of...):
principle (a rule or standard especially of good behavior)
Derivation:
chivalric (characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages)
chivalrous (being attentive to women like an ideal knight)
Context examples:
“Ah! here is indeed a mirror of chivalry,” said Don Pedro.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Horse and spear had been set aside, but on foot, with sword and battle-axe, their broad shields slung in front of them, the chivalry of Spain rushed to the attack.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Ever the mirror of true chivalry!” exclaimed Pedro, while James of Majorca, frightened at the stern countenance of their all-powerful protector, plucked hard at the mantle of his brother exile.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In good truth, the commons throughout the length and breadth of the land were heart-weary of this fine game of chivalry which had been played so long at their expense.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The land where their fathers had bled, the home of chivalry and of knightly deeds, the country of gallant men, of courtly women, of princely buildings, of the wise, the polished and the sainted.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ye may then see to your own gear; for this day you will, I hope, make a very honorable entrance into the field of chivalry, and prove yourselves to be very worthy and valiant squires.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For two months Alleyne had wavered betwixt death and life, with a broken rib and a shattered head; yet youth and strength and a cleanly life were all upon his side, and he awoke from his long delirium to find that the war was over, that the Spaniards and their allies had been crushed at Navaretta, and that the prince had himself heard the tale of his ride for succor and had come in person to his bedside to touch his shoulder with his sword and to insure that so brave and true a man should die, if he could not live, within the order of chivalry.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Go tell him that a humble knight of England would make his further honorable acquaintance, not from any presumption, pride, or ill-will, but for the advancement of chivalry and the glory of our ladies.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The sports of the lists had done much in days gone by to impress the minds of the people, but the plumed and unwieldy champion was no longer an object either of fear or of reverence to men whose fathers and brothers had shot into the press at Crecy or Poitiers, and seen the proudest chivalry in the world unable to make head against the weapons of disciplined peasants.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He would say, 'Sir, I should take it as an honor to do some small deed of arms against you, not for mine own glory or advancement, but rather for the fame of my lady and for the upholding of chivalry.'
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
