errantry

[ er-uh n-tree ]

/ ˈɛr ən tri /

conduct or performance like that of a knight-errant.

Origin of errantry

First recorded in 1645–55; errant + -ry

Meseemeth I must leave this land and ride at errantry, for all I desired is vanished.

Tales from the Old French |Various
The day will never come, I hope, when we shall degenerate into the footpad, and lose our Night Errantry.

Rookwood |William Harrison Ainsworth
Amadas finds himself financially embarrassed, and sets forth for seven years of errantry with only forty pounds in hand.

The Grateful Dead |Gordon Hall Gerould
But my strolling, my errantry ended here at last at the steps of this altar, as I knew.

The Strolling Saint |Raphael Sabatini

And when peace was on the land, he went about on errantry, jousting in tournaments and fighting champions.

King Arthur's Knights |Henry Gilbert

errantry

/ (ˈɛrəntrɪ) /

the way of life of a knight errant