Definition of "knightship" []

• The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight. (noun)
• Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun. (noun)

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• "No selection from the alphabet, no doctorship, no fellowship, be it of ever so learned or royal a society, no knightship -- not though it be of the Garter -- confers so fair an honour."
• "No selection from the alphabet, no doctorship, no fellowship, be it of ever so learned or royal a society, no knightship — not though it be of the Garter — confers so fair an honour."
• "No selection from the alphabet, no doctorship, no fellowship, be it of ever so learned or royal a society, no knightship, -- not though it be of the Garter, -- confers so fair an honour."