courtly love

Noun

Meaning

(Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

code of conduct code of behavior

Examples

Nevertheless, the themes of courtly love often found in the medieval secular motet were banished from the Renaissance motet. Source: Internet

The medieval phenomenon of courtly love in all of its slavish devotion and ambivalence has been suggested by some writers to be a precursor of BDSM. Source: Internet

This would contain what is often called courtly love, the idea that the knight is to serve a lady, and after her all other ladies. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

courtling courtly courtly arts courtly manners courtly rules courtly woman