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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Rhodes, Knights of
• Pythias, Knights of
• Order of the Knights of Christ
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• Knights-Errant
• Knights Templars
• Knights Bannerets
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Charles Knight
• Daniel Ridgway Knight
• Franklin Knight Lane
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Apocalypse Knights of the
• Christ, Order of, Knights of the.
• Jerusalem, Knights of.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Browne, Hablot Knight
• John, Knights of St.
• Knight, Charles
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• Catholic Knights of America
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• Knights of the Cross
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(1):

(n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.

(2):

(n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.

(3):

(v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; - done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir - -.

(4):

(n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

(5):

(n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

(6):

(n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John.

(7):

(n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.