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Our modern notion of the conduct befitting a "gentleman" goes back to the old chivalriccode.
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His blood thrilled and his sinew stiffened as he enacted the chivalriccode of courage against all odds.
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Cannon and mercenaries had reduced the military significance of knighthood, so its chivalriccode deteriorated into surface politeness, ostentation, and extravagance.
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His brain was glowing with the prospect of, at last, submitting himself to the supreme test of the chivalriccode -a quest.
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The Chivalriccode is no worse than most and certainly it is prettier than some.