chivalric

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Under a bird of prey is a chivalric saying, “For God and the Empire,” and “Excellentia et Benoveleniia,” a misspelled Latin motto supposed to mean “excellence and philanthropy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Rings engraved with French chivalric mottos were fashionable between 1400 and 1500.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2023

It’s right there in the script of Francis Beaumont’s “The Knight of the Burning Pestle,” a tricksy, loopy, wildly self-referential 1607 play that parodies both city comedy and chivalric romance.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Emily Post provided a fitting alternative, since her vision of gentlemanly behavior conformed to the chivalric model popular in Old Virginia.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2022

In the time of chivalric myth this would be the beggar who turns out to be a king’s son.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck