errantry

American  

[er-uhn-tree] / ˈɛr ən tri /

noun

plural

errantries

1. conduct or performance like that of a knight-errant.

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errantry British  

/ ˈɛrəntrɪ /

noun

1. the way of life of a knight errant

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Etymology

Origin of errantry

First recorded in 1645–55; errant + -ry

Example Sentences

Wodehouse playing the part of Cervantes in affectionately revealing the absurdity of knight errantry in the new social circumstances.

From Time Magazine Archive

Throughout his 60 years of public life, Winston Churchill has managed better than any other Briton to suffuse the political scene with the spirit of knight errantry.

From Time Magazine Archive

But her brothers, Elladan and Elrohir, were out upon errantry: for they rode often far afield with the Rangers of the North, forgetting never their mother’s torment in the dens of the orcs.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Cervantes ridiculed the fooleries and affectation ingrafted upon knight errantry.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel

Not so the knight, who, with all the errantry of his race, dashes here and there, encountering every rank and condition of men,—continually in difficulties himself, or the cause of them to others.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James