 | Maurice Shelton, John Randall - Nobility - 1718 - 244 pages
...thereby meaning both Precedency and Salary accordingly. Sir Thomaf Smith ' faith, that a. Banneret is a Knight made in the Field, with the Ceremony of cutting off the Point p£ his Standard, and making it as it were ^ Banner ; .and accounted fo honourable, that they are allow'd... | |
 | Nathan Bailey - English language - 1782 - 978 pages
...[Banniert, P. Vww: , C. gr.] a Standard or Enfign. BANNERET, anciently a Knight made in the Field, with a Ceremony of cutting off the Point of his Standard, and making it as it r«re a Banner. BAN'NIAN, a Man's Morning Gown. BANNIA'NSof India, a crafty, butfairfpolcen People,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1828 - 860 pages
...the end of a lance. BANNERED, (ban'-ner-ed) part. a. Displaying banners. BANNERET, (ban'-ner-et) nt A knight made in the field, with the ceremony of cutting...standard, and making it a banner ; a little banner. BANNEROL, more properly BANDROL, (ban'-ner-roll) ns A little flag or streamer. BANNIAN, (ban-yan')... | |
 | Mrs. E. M. Foster, E. M. F. - 1831 - 250 pages
...ground, received the reward he sc highly merited by his valour. The additional ceremony having passed, of cutting off the point of his standard, and making it a banner for his arms, he was saluted by all around, with the title of sir Edgar De Montford. The duke also... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 1116 pages
...-BARILLA. and other Italian republics, and the banaerkerr in the Swiss republics. Banneret, in England, was a knight made in the field, with the ceremony of cutting...point of his standard, and making it a banner — a custom which has long since ceased. Several banners are famous in history, as the Danish banner, taken... | |
 | Davies Gilbert - Cornwall (England : County) - 1838 - 448 pages
...Banneret was made in the field or camp of war, under the King's standard, who was personally present, by cutting off the point of his standard, and making it a banner ; after which they might display their particular arms in a banner in the King's army, and take place... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1846 - 768 pages
...standard, from bandan, to bind. Qu, Goth, batman, to summon, proclaim? BAN'NERET, a knight made on the field, with the ceremony of cutting off the point of his standard, and making it a square. The custom is obsolete. He was then called a knight of the sguare flag, and held a rank between... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - English language - 1847 - 518 pages
...flag. See Florio, in v. Bandaruiila ; Arch. xii. 350. BANNERERE. A standard-bearer. Weber. BANNERET. A knight made in the field with the ceremony of cutting...the point of his standard, and making it a banner. Thane the banerettez of llrctaym; broghte thamc to tent«. Harte Arthure, US. Line. A. ¡. 17, f. 78.... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1848 - 726 pages
...of another's death, is le bane, ie, malefactor. BANERET, or BANNERET, a knight made in the field, by the ceremony of cutting off the point of his standard, and making it, as it were, a lianner, it is accounted so honourable that they are allowed to display their arms in... | |
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Banneret [Fr.], a knight made in the field, by the ceremony of cutting off the point of his standard, and making it, as it were, a banner. Knights so made are accounted so honourable that they are allowed to display their arms in the royal army, as barons... 
