Honour and Knighthood

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Honour noun - The quality of being honorable and having a good name.

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Knighthood and honour are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Knighthood" with "Honour", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: honor, honorable, honourable, honored, honoured

Knighthood noun - Aristocrats holding the rank of knight.

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Honour and knighthood are semantically related. You can use "Honour" instead a noun "Knighthood".

Nearby Words: knightly, knight, knighted, knighting

Again, on account of the small membership and selection criteria, considered to be an extremely high honour despite the lack of a knighthood.

Source: Useful Notes / Knight Fever
You can get a lesser Order of the British Empire honour, but still not qualify for a KBE, in which case you keep the lesser honour as well as your knighthood, as in Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, or Sir Terry Pratchett OBE.

Source: Useful Notes / Knight Fever

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