accolade
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thumb|upright|The Accolade (Leighton)|The Accolade (1901), by [[Edmund Leighton]]
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thumb|upright|The Accolade (Leighton)|The Accolade (1901), by [[Edmund Leighton]]
The accolade (also known as dubbing, adoubement, or knighting) () was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood in the Middle Ages.
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