knighthood

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Sarah Gilbert, the Oxford Jenner Institute scientist who co-developed the vaccine, will be made a Dame, while her colleague, the institute's director, Adrian Hill, is to receive an honorary Knighthood.

From Reuters • Jun. 11, 2021

In 1982, the Knighthood of the Cordon Bleu.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2021

If you are getting a Knighthood, you come in early on, as there is a whole range of people.

From Forbes • Apr. 9, 2015

I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis — O.M.G.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2014

As with Knighthood, Smith settled in to work on the horse.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand