Chivalry
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.
(2): (n.) Exploit.
(3): (n.) The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry.
(4): (n.) A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.
(5): (n.) The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A system of knighthood, for the profession of which the qualifications required were dignity, courtesy, bravery, generosity; the aim of which was the defence of right against wrong, of the weak against the strong, and especially of the honour and the purity of women, and the spirit of which was of Christian derivation; originally a military organisation in defence of Christianity against the infidel.
