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# knighthood

«knighthood» in Mova's school dictionary: **the title and honour of being a knight, given in the UK…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a knighthood, knighthoods)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A knighthood is the title and honour of being a knight, given in the UK by the king or queen to people for great service, so a man is called «Sir» (a woman gets a damehood, «Dame»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#m1)

2) (history) In the Middle Ages, knighthood was the rank of a knight, a trained soldier on horseback who served a lord. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

History: knights, castles, chivalry, being knighted with a sword touch on the shoulder. Today: famous people get knighthoods for work in sport, science, music or charity (for example Sir David Attenborough).

### examples

- The famous scientist received a knighthood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#x1)
- With his knighthood, he became Sir Tom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#x2)
- In the Middle Ages, a squire trained for years to earn knighthood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#x3)
- The king gave him a knighthood for bravery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#x4)
- A woman gets a damehood, not a knighthood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#x5)
- Knighthood was linked to rules of chivalry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#x6)
- He was Sheriff of London, thrice Lord Mayor, and received the honour of knighthood by Henry V. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/#x7)

### note

Plural: knighthoods. Silent «k»: «NITE-hood». Verb: to knight someone.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «knighthood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knighthood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.