errantry
- noun
- /ˈɛrəntəri/
- Archaic
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errancia
- Romantic love is now as alien to us as knight errantry, and young men are no more likely to court a woman than to wear a suit of armor, not only because it is not fitting, but because it would be offensive to women.
- knight errantry
Examples
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"But having to carry my head in one arm impedes me from my work of knight-errantry.
Fiction book (2001) -
"The work of knight-errantry calls me.
Fiction book (2001) -
Welcome to you, Don Quixote, the flower and cream of knight-errantry.
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The errantry of the fictional knight also recalls the literature of otherworldly itineration.
Academic text (1994) -
Viewed in this light, every young fellow in khaki whom we see marching through our streets has something of the glory of knight-errantry shed on his commonplace figure, and it would be hardly too much to say that in many cases the cause seems to make the hero; and when we read of "the magnificent conduct of our troops at the front," we thank God with tears in our eyes.
Academic text (2002) -
The geographical correlative of chivalric revivalism is the exotic setting of the knight's adventures, yet another integral component of fictional knight errantry (Eisenberg 73-74).
Academic text (1994) -
The tales of errantry describe knights traveling far and wide in search of glory.
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In the age of errantry, brave knights set out on quests to rescue damsels and slay dragons.
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His errantry inspired many, as he chronicled his adventures in distant lands.
Synonyms
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3.4
Traveling from place to place without a fixed place to go
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9.9
A long trip visiting many different places
The practice of knights traveling to find brave, noble adventures
Antonyms
Compounds
How Adventurous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Errantry comes from the old root err, which means 'to wander', and you can see the same start in error, which is like 'straying from the right path'. A knight-errant was a wandering knight who searched for quests and adventures, so errantry means wandering in search of adventure.