Learning-knight

Quick meaning: Learning-knight is a noun meaning (rare, historical or archaic) One disciplined and devoted to learning; a student or disciple.

Meaning

(rare, historical or archaic) One disciplined and devoted to learning; a student or disciple.

Example Sentences

And there came against the place as they stood a young learningknight yclept Dixon.

Thence Christ's difciples are termed, in the Saxon evangelists, Christ's learning knights.

Christ himself first spake the Lord's prayer, and taught it to his learning-knights (the apostles).

Again in those days there was with him a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat, then saith he, his learning-knights being called together, I pity this crowd for that they abide with me three days and have nothing to eat.

Word Forms

• learning-knights
• learningknight

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include academic, student, lessoning, literate, scholar, schoolman.

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