chivalry (orig. applied to the mounted and fully armed men-at-arms of the Middle Ages)
1.
men-at-arms
2H4 II. iii. 20
“all the chivalry of
England,”
H5 I. ii. 157.
2.
knightly condition,
knighthood
1H4 V. i. 94
“a truant . . . to
chivalry,”
Troil. I. ii. 246
“the prince of ”
3.
bravery or prowess in
war
R2 I. i. 203
“the victor's
chivalry,”
II. i. 54
“Christian service and
true chivalry,”
3H6 II. i. 71, Lucr. 109.
4.
rank or order of
knighthood
Per. II. ii. 29
“his device, a wreath of
chivalry.”
