knightly
Example Sentences
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Notably, she becomes the first woman to carry and present the diamond, ruby and emerald encrusted sword - which symbolises royal power and the monarch accepting his duty and knightly virtues.
From BBC • May 6, 2023
Freydís later gives a different necklace she wears to the man she loves, to protect him, like a knightly favor.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2022
Mr. Tisci pointed to a trench turned into a bustier dress and a pink twin set, embellished with crystals that formed the brand’s knightly emblem, as examples of what he was talking about.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022
Though Conan Doyle lived by his pen, not by the sword, his gravestone bears a knightly inscription: “Steel true, blade straight.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2020
But Lancelot had spent his childhood between knightly exercises and thinking out King Arthur's theory for himself.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
