chivalry

He picks me up from Los Angeles International Airport — an act of chivalry that deserves knighthood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Whether we are meant to believe or dismiss this apologia for the chivalry of the Old South is debatable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

The honour of knighthood comes from the days of medieval chivalry, as does the method used to confer the knighthood - the accolade, or the touch of a sword, by the sovereign.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025

I guess chivalry isn't dead. yours, Jane p.s.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

He was an aristocrat born, as we have seen, and felt in himself a kinship for the courtesies, chivalries, and generosities of aristocratic life.

From The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris

"Monsieur, you overwhelm me with chivalries," she replied; "I shall be enchanted."

From A Chair on the Boulevard by Leonard Merrick

Such chivalries, therefore, are now impossible; for myself I say, "Well, let them cease; thank God they once were, the Memory of that can never cease with us!"

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Thomas Carlyle

I know one great Spanish scholar who has never forgiven Cervantes for destroying the books of chivalries.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by John Rudd

Is it possible that there are knights-errant now in the world, and that there are histories printed of real chivalries?

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra