The name Dracula actually derives from a chivalric order called the Order of the Dragon, he explains.

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The band of Manchurian guerrillas who had attended the state's birth appeared bound by almost chivalric oaths of fealty, trust and reciprocal obligation.

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France's King Philip the Fair sought to destroy the chivalric order to obtain its financial wealth, while the Knights' strongest defender was Pope Clement V.

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The Sinjska Alka is a chivalric tournament that takes place annually, as it has since 1717, in the town of Sinj, in the Cetinska krajina region.

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But they had evolved a chivalric code, which, by giving meaning to their lives and preventing them from succumbing to despair in these harsh conditions, performed the essential function of religion.

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At the top, chivalric ties are presumably getting weaker.

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The war also demolished the language's remaining chivalric euphemisms.

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But if British incrementalism wins out, a compromise could be to scrap the titles but restrict the users to the sets of initials which already come attached to the titles (indicating chivalric orders, if you must know).

ECONOMIST: To sir, with confusion