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- verb Present participle of
knight .
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Examples
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These awards are interesting phenomena-- but I think, for what they're worth, they much better than knighting, which is potentially very hazardous to people with big ears.
Ruby Tuesday: Rite of Spring floreta 2009
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[Page 202] * Accolade, the three strokes of the sword given in knighting.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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Siavash toyed with the idea of knighting Halfwit, formerly known as Freddie, to save him from facing the possibility of eviction for the third week in a row.
mirror.co.uk - Home 2009
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Siavash toyed with the idea of knighting Halfwit, formerly known as Freddie, to save him from facing the possibility of eviction for the third week in a row.
mirror.co.uk - Home 2009
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Stephanie's fashion week reflection, therefore, is an aberration as well as a veritable knighting ceremony; newcomers will be inducted into the realms of fashion royalty and fashion icons further cemented in their thrones.
Anisha Lakhani: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff's Wonderland: NYFW 2011 Reflections and Fashion at Lincoln Center Projections Anisha Lakhani 2011
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Stephanie's fashion week reflection, therefore, is an aberration as well as a veritable knighting ceremony; newcomers will be inducted into the realms of fashion royalty and fashion icons further cemented in their thrones.
Anisha Lakhani: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff's Wonderland: NYFW 2011 Reflections and Fashion at Lincoln Center Projections Anisha Lakhani 2011
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The nearby Parliament building established in 1639 houses an excellent account of the history of democracy in Barbados, while the National Heroes Gallery shows footage of the Queen knighting cricketer Garry Sobers at the Savannah racecourse.
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Stephanie's fashion week reflection, therefore, is an aberration as well as a veritable knighting ceremony; newcomers will be inducted into the realms of fashion royalty and fashion icons further cemented in their thrones.
Anisha Lakhani: Stephanie Winston Wolkoff's Wonderland: NYFW 2011 Reflections and Fashion at Lincoln Center Projections Anisha Lakhani 2011
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Worse, he undergoes knighting, without keeping vigil in a church ... the omission of which can only be deliberate.
zornhau: Past Lives: Ronald Welch's "Knight Crusader" zornhau 2010
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Such a promotion indicates a bank is "sort of knighting you," said Jo Bennett , a partner with Amrop Battalia Winston, an executive search firm.
Morgan Stanley Appoints Fewer Managing Directors in Class of 2012 Brett Philbin 2012
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