Chivalry

Noun

 * 1) The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honor, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies.
 * 2) Courtesy, respect and honorable conduct between opponents in wartime.
 * 3) Courteous behavior, especially that of men towards women.
 * 4)  Cavalry; horsemen armed for battle.
 * 5)  The fact or condition of being a knight; knightly skill, prowess.

Adjectives for Chivalry
morbid; belated; unsullied; old-fashioned; rekindled; deficient; fantastical; poetic; latent; knightly; gay; misplaced; exaggerated; distant; feudal; religious; delicate; loyal; medieval; undaunted; vaulted; celestial ; youthful; generous.

Verbs for Chivalry
affect—; attend with—; attribute to—; awaken—; bend toward—; blind by—; celebrate—; charge with—; commend for—; confer on—; dispense with—; educate for—; encounter—; equip for—; institute—; knight for—; reward—; —constitutes; —decays; —dies; —flourishes; —flowers; —prevails; —survives.

Related terms

 * cavalier
 * chevalier
 * chivalrous

Thesaurus
fairness, gallantness, gallantry, gallantry under fire, generalship, generosity, generousness, great heart, greatheartedness, greatness, greatness of heart, haut monde, heroicalness, heroism, high life, high society, high-mindedness, honor, idealism, impartiality, intrepidity, intrepidness, justness, knight-errantry, knightage, knighthood, knightliness, largeheartedness, liberality, liberalness, lionheartedness, loftiness, magnanimity, magnanimousness, manfulness, manhood, manliness, martial spirit, military spirit, nobility, noble-mindedness, nobleness, noblesse, noblesse de robe, noblesse oblige, old nobility, openhandedness, peerage, politeness, pot-valor, princeliness, prowess, righteousness, royalty, soldierly quality, stalwartness, stoutheartedness, stoutness, sublimity, the Four Hundred, the classes, upper classes, upper crust, upper ten, upper ten thousand, uppercut, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, virtue, virtuousness, war, ancienne noblesse, aristocracy, arms, art of war, baronage, baronetage, bigheartedness, bigness, boldness, braveness, bravery, chivalrousness, conspicuous gallantry, courage, courageousness, courtesy, courtliness, courtly politeness, doughtiness, elect, elevation, elite, equitableness, errantry, exaltation,

Etymology
chivalrie:, a late 13th century loan from  word chevalerie:, "knighthood, chivalry, nobility, cavalry" (11th century), the -erie  abstract  of chevaler: "knight, horseman", from   caballarius:, a derivation from  caballus:. caballaria: dates to the 12th century.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: рицарство
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ritarillisuus
 * French:


 * German:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Polish: rycerskość
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: галантност, кавалерство
 * Czech:
 * Macedonian: кавалерство, галантност


 * Polish: rycerskość
 * Russian: