Noun
The character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.
The whole body of knights.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAlways Sir Arthur lost so much blood that it was a marvel he stood on his feet, but he was so full of knighthood that knightly he endured the pain. Thomas Malory
I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights. Harold Pinter
Philadelphia Record – Like Caesar, who twice refused a knightly crown, Alexander Mackenzie refused knighthood three times. Unlike Caesar, he owed his political overthrow to his incorruptible honesty and unswerving integrity. Alexander Mackenzie
Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no. Derek Jacobi
They're hardly given to conventional writers, and a writer like myself is hardly given a knighthood. Wilson Harris
The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood. Alex Ferguson