chivalry

詳細解釋：

chiv.al.ry

n.（名詞）
【複數】 chiv.al.ries
The medieval system, principles, and customs of knighthood.
騎士制度：中世紀的騎士制度，道德準則及其習俗

The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women.
騎士品質：被騎士制度所理想化的品質，如勇敢、彬彬有禮、榮譽感以及對女人的殷勤等
A manifestation of any of these qualities.
這些品質的任一種表現
A group of knights or gallant gentlemen.
騎士團：一群騎士或勇武的紳士

來源：
Middle English chivalrie
中古英文 chivalrie
from Old French chevalerie
源自 古法文 chevalerie
from chevalier [knight] * see chevalier
源自 chevalier [騎士] *參見 chevalier

<注釋>The Age of Chivalry was also the age of the horse.Bedecked in elaborate armor and other trappings,horses were certainly well dressedalthough they might have wished for lighter loads.That the horse should be featured so prominently during the Age of Chivalryis etymologically appropriate,becausechivalry goes back to the Latin word caballus, .horse, especially a riding horse or packhorse..Borrowed from French, as were so many other important words having to do with medieval English culture,the English wordchivalry is first recorded in works composed around the beginning of the 4th century and is found in several senses,including .a body of armored mounted warriors serving a lord. and .knighthood as a ceremonially conferred rank in the social system..Our modern sense,.the medieval system of knighthood,.could not exist until the passage of several centuries had allowed the perspective for such a conceptualization,with this sense being recorded first in 7'5.
騎士時代同時也是馬的時代。馬被用精美的鎧甲和其它馬飾打扮起來，它們顯然穿戴得很好，雖然它們可能會喜歡稍輕一些的負擔。在騎士時代馬被放在如此顯要的地位，這從詞源學上來看是恰當的，因為chivalry 一詞可追溯到拉丁語中 caballus 一詞， 即.馬，尤其是用來騎的馬或馱馬.的意思。象與中世紀英國文化有關的許多其它重要的詞一樣，英文中chivalry 一詞也是從法文中借用來的，最初出現在大約寫於4世紀初的書籍中， 當時有好幾個含義，其中包括：.為一名貴族服務的一隊穿著鎧甲、騎著馬的武士.和.作為一種被正式授予的社會制度中等級的騎士資格.。我們現代的意義，即.中世紀的騎士制度.，是在幾個世紀以後對這樣一個概念的視角成為可能之時才出現的，這個意義最早出現在文字記載中是7'5年