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knighting

knighting ‎(plural knightings)

The act of making somebody a knight.
- 2011, Nigel Saul, Chivalry in Medieval England (page 19)
  What distinguished the knighting ceremony from the established giving of arms was the semi-ritualistic character of the later event. It was much more than a coming of age. The most impressive knightings could be occasions of some grandeur.