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The following 10 entries include the term knight of the.
Knight of the Maccabees
noun phrase: a member of a secret benevolent society
knight of the carpet
noun: a knight who is knighted in formal ceremony (as kneeling in a royal audience chamber) as distinguished from one knighted informally on the field of battle compare carpet knight
Knight of the Golden Circle
noun: a member of a former American secret organization formed about 1855 to promote the interests of the South and the slavery cause
knight of the pestle
nounknight of the post
noun: a professional false witness of 15th to 17th century England
knight of the road
nounKnight of the Round Table
noun: a knight belonging to the legendary order instituted by King Arthur
knight of the shire
noun: a knight selected by the freeholders to represent a shire in the House of Commons especially in medieval times
Knight of the Sword
noun: a member of a German religious order of knights founded in 1202 by Bishop Albert of Riga in Livonia to convert the heathen Estonians and Livonians and appropriate their lands, confirmed by the pope in 1204, and merged into the Teutonic Order in 1237
Knight of the Temple
noun: templar
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