(in conferring knighthood)

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• Accolade — For other uses, see Accolade (disambiguation). The Accolade, by Edmund Blair Leighton In the Middle Ages, the accolade (also known as dubbing or adoubement) was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood …   Wikipedia

• Order of the Bath — Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) Awarded by the Queen of the United Kingdom Motto TRIA IUNCTA IN UNO …   Wikipedia

• Chivalry — • Considered from three points of view: the military, the social, and the religious Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Chivalry     Chivalry      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• accolade — [ak′ə lād΄, ak΄ə lād′] n. [Fr < Prov acolada < VL * accolare, to embrace < L ad, to + collum, neck: see WHEEL] 1. an embrace formerly used in conferring knighthood 2. a touch on the shoulder with the flat side of a sword, now used in… …   English World dictionary

• Accolade — Ac co*lade ([a^]k k[ o]*l[=a]d or [a^]k k[ o]*l[.a]d ; 277), n. [F. accolade, It. accolata, fr. accollare to embrace; L. ad + collum neck.] 1. A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting of an embrace, and a slight blow on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• accolade — noun Etymology: French, from accoler to embrace, from Vulgar Latin *accollare, from Latin ad + collum neck more at collar Date: 1623 1. a. a ceremonial embrace b. a ceremony or salute conferring knighthood …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard — Pierre Terrail LeVieux, seigneur de Bayard Pierre Terrail LeVieux, seigneur de Bayard (1473 – Rovasenda (VC) 30 April 1524) was a French soldier, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. Throughout the centuries since his death, he has been… …   Wikipedia

• Marco I Sanudo — Marco Sanudo (1153 (?) – between 1220 and 1230, most probably 1227) was the creator and first Duke of the Duchy of the Archipelago, after the Fourth Crusade. Maternal nephew of Venetian doge Enrico Dandolo, he was a participant in the Fourth… …   Wikipedia

• accolade — accoladed, adj. /ak euh layd , lahd ; ak euh layd , lahd /, n. 1. any award, honor, or laudatory notice: The play received accolades from the press. 2. a light touch on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword or formerly by an embrace, done… …   Universalium

• dub — dub1 dubber, n. /dub/, v., dubbed, dubbing v.t. 1. to invest with any name, character, dignity, or title; style; name; call: He was dubbed a hero. 2. to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as,… …   Universalium

• ACCOLADE —    a gentle blow with a sword on the shoulder in conferring knighthood …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia