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chiv·al·ry

(shĭv′əl-rē)
n. pl. chiv·al·ries
1. The medieval system, principles, and customs of knighthood.
2.
a. The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women.
b. A manifestation of any of these qualities.
3. A group of knights or gallant gentlemen.
[Middle English chivalrie, from Old French chevalerie, from chevalier, knight; see chevalier.]
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chivalry

(ˈʃɪvəlrɪ)
n, pl -ries
1. (Historical Terms) the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, esp courage, honour, justice, and a readiness to help the weak
2. courteous behaviour, esp towards women
3. (Historical Terms) the medieval system and principles of knighthood
4. (Historical Terms) knights, noblemen, etc, collectively
[C13: from Old French chevalerie, from chevalier]
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chiv•al•ry

(ˈʃɪv əl ri)

n., pl. -ries for 6.
1. the combination of qualities expected of a knight, including courage, generosity, and courtesy.
2. the institution or customs of medieval knighthood.
3. a group of knights or gallant gentlemen.
4. Archaic. a chivalrous act; gallant deed.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French chevalerie <chevalier chevalier]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:chivalry - courtesy towards women]chivalry - courtesy towards women
good manners, courtesy - a courteous manner
2. chivalry - the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct
principle - a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
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chivalry

noun
1. courtesy, politeness, gallantry, courtliness, gentlemanliness He always treated women with old-fashioned chivalry.
2. knight-errantry, knighthood, gallantry, courtliness Our story is set in England, in the age of chivalry.
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chivalry

noun
Respectful attention, especially toward women:
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Translations
شَهامَه، نَخْوَهنِظامُ الفُروسِيَّه
galantnostrytířskostrytířstvídvornost
ridderlighedridderskab
kurteisiriddaramennska
riterio kodeksasriteriškasriteriškumas
bruņniecībabruņnieciskums
rycerskość
rytierskosť
kibarlık nezaket şövalyelik

chivalry

[ˈʃɪvəlrɪ] N (= courteousness) → caballerosidad f; (in medieval times) → caballería f
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chivalry

[ˈʃɪvəlri] n
(in the Middle Ages) → chevalerie f
the age of chivalry → l'âge de la chevalerie
(= politeness to women) → galanterie f
(= good behaviour) [soldier] → chevalerie f
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chivalry

n → Ritterlichkeit f; (medieval concept) → Rittertum nt; chivalry is not dead → es gibt noch Kavaliere
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chivalry

[ˈʃɪv/əlrɪ] n → cavalleria
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chivalry

(ˈʃivəlri) noun
1. kindness and courteousness especially towards women or the weak. hoflikheid شَهامَه، نَخْوَه кавалерство cavalheirismo galantnost, dvornost die Ritterlichkeit ridderlighed ιπποτική συμπεριφορά, αβρότητα caballerosidad rüütellikkus جوانمردی؛ عیاری ritarillisuus courtoisie אדיבות बहादुरी, वीरता viteštvo udvariasság keksatriaan kurteisi cavalleria 思いやり 기사도 정신 riteriškumas bruņnieciskums sifat baik dan bersopan santun ridderlijkheid hensyn, takt og tone; ridderskap/-stand/-vesen rycerskość دشواليه عادات، اخلاق او كردار: زړورتيا: داّسو نو سپرو ډله: دخانۍ نظام cavalheirismo curtoazie рыцарское поведение zdvorilosť, galantnosť kavalirstvo viteštvo ridderlighet ความสุภาพ nezaket, kibarlık 彬彬有禮 благородство شائستگی ، اخلاق hào hoa phong nhã 殷勤有礼
2. the principles of behaviour of medieval knights. ridderlikheid نِظامُ الفُروسِيَّه рицарство cavalaria rytířskost das Rittertum ridderskab ιπποτισμός reglas de caballería rüütliideaalid اصول اخلاقی سلحشوران جوانمرد ritarilaitos les rèles de la chevalerie אַבִּירוּת मघ्यकालीन सामंतों के व्यवहार के उसूल viteštvo lovagiasság sifat ksatria riddaramennska cavalleria 騎士道精神 기사도 riterio kodeksas bruņniecība kesatriaan hoofsheid ridderlighet kodeks rycerski دشواليه عادات، اخلاق او كردار: زړورتيا: داّسو نو سپرو ډله: دخانۍ نظام cavalaria cod cavaleresc благородство rytierskosť viteštvo viteštvo riddarorden แนวปฏิบัติของนักรบโบราณ şövalyelik 騎士精神 рицарство شائستگی کے اصول phong cách hiệp sỹ 骑士精神
ˈchivalrous adjective
(negative unchivalrous). ridderlik, hoflik فُروسي галантен cavalheiresco galantní ritterlich ridderlig ιπποτικός caballeroso rüütellik جوانمرد؛ سلحشور ritarillinen chevaleresque אַבִּירִי वीर-युग से सम्बंधित viteški udvarias ksatria kurteis, hæverskur cavalleresco 騎士道的な 기사도정신의 riteriškas bruņniecisks sifat kesatriaan ridderlijk ridderlig rycerski غښتلى، زړور، نجيب مودب cavalheiresco cavaleresc рыцарский zdvorilý plemenit viteški chevaleresk, ridderlig ที่ให้เกียรติสตรี kibar, nazik 有騎士風度的,有禮的 рицарський; благородний خوش اخلاق ، شائستہ hào hiệp 骑士的,有骑士风度的
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I said, name the day, and I would take fifty assistants and stand up AGAINST THE MASSED CHIVALRY OF THE WHOLE EARTH AND DESTROY IT.
Even the dullest of the chivalry perceived that this was a plain case of "put up, or shut up." They were wise and did the latter.
My idea was to attract the chivalry and nobility, and make them useful and keep them out of mischief.
And some passing observations, at least, in his book seem to indicate that if he knew and had shared all the splendor and inspiration of the last years of medieval chivalry, he had experienced also the disappointment and bitterness of defeat and prolonged captivity.
But these faults also may be overlooked, and the work is truly great, partly because it is an idealist's dream of chivalry, as chivalry might have been, a chivalry of faithful knights who went about redressing human wrongs and were loyal lovers and zealous servants of Holy Church; great also because Malory's heart is in his stories, so that he tells them in the main well, and invests them with a delightful atmosphere of romance which can never lose its fascination.
Theresa's passionate, ideal nature demanded an epic life: what were many-volumed romances of chivalry and the social conquests of a brilliant girl to her?
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You must know, then, that the above-named gentleman whenever he was at leisure (which was mostly all the year round) gave himself up to reading books of chivalry with such ardour and avidity that he almost entirely neglected the pursuit of his field-sports, and even the management of his property; and to such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillageland to buy books of chivalry to read, and brought home as many of them as he could get.
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Chivalry is that, and loyalty is that, and, in English literature, half the drama, and all the novels, from Sir Philip Sidney to Sir Walter Scott, paint this figure.
The point of distinction in all this class of names, as courtesy, chivalry, fashion, and the like, is that the flower and fruit, not the grain of the tree, are contemplated.
We contemn in turn every other gift of men of the world; but the habit even in little and the least matters of not appealing to any but our own sense of propriety, constitutes the foundation of all chivalry. There is almost no kind of self-reliance, so it be sane and proportioned, which fashion does not occasionally adopt and give it the freedom of its saloons.
The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of ``Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!'' and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries, it being a high point of chivalry to exhibit liberality towards those whom the age accounted at once the secretaries and the historians of honour.
* This term of chivalry, transferred to the law, gives the