Chivalry, the

Another term for a group of knights , as in "discuss it with the chivalry." It was a general term stemming from the French term for knights, chevalier . It became, during the 12th - 15th centuries, a term used also to describe the virtues and ideals associated with the knight as well, generalized by the use of the word in a broad sense. "An act of chivalry ."