knightship

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

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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.

Can You Forgive Her? 1993
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.

Can you forgive her? 1864
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.

Can You Forgive Her? Anthony Trollope 1848
“For that,” replied Bertram, “methinks your worship is most likely to have a better edition than I, who have not been in this country for many years; but it is not for me to bandy opinions with your knightship.

Castle Dangerous 2008
I am glad to tell you that the ceremony of knighting, of which I was afraid, was not resorted to; so my knightship dates back to the 27th of April, 1809. "

The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873
"For that," replied Bertram, "methinks your worship is most likely to have a better edition than I, who have not been in this country for many years; but it is not for me to bandy opinions with your knightship.

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801