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knightings

/ˈnaɪtɪŋz/

knightings is the plural of knighting.

Meaning of knighting

Noun

knighting (plural knightings)

  1. The act of making somebody a knight.
    • What distinguished the knighting ceremony from the established giving of arms was the semi-ritualistic character of the later event. It was much more than a coming of age. The most impressive knightings could be occasions of some grandeur.2011, Nigel Saul, Chivalry in Medieval England, page 19

Questions about knightings

What is knightings the plural of?
Knightings is the plural of knighting.
How do you pronounce knightings?
Knightings is pronounced /ˈnaɪtɪŋz/.

Words near knightings in the dictionary

  1. Knightian uncertainties
  2. Knightian uncertainty
  3. Knightie
  4. Knighties
  5. knighting
  6. knightings
  7. knightless
  8. knightlet
  9. knightlets
  10. Knightley
  11. Knightleys

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