Accolade

For other uses, see Accolade (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Accolate.
"Knighting" redirects here. For the promotion of a pawn to a knight in chess, see Promotion (chess) § Underpromotion to a knight.
The Accolade (1901), by Edmund Leighton

The accolade (also known as dubbing or adoubement) (Latin: benedictio militis) was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood in the Middle Ages.[1][2][3][4]

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