Knighthood
ORDER CF, a duly organized and constituted order or body of Knights. They are of two kinds, the first consisting of associations or fraternities, possessing property and rights of their own, as independent bodies; the second honorary associations established by sovereigns within their own dominions. To the first class belong the Knights Templars and Hospitallers; to the second those numerous orders established in different countries, as the Order of the Holy Ghost, the Order of the Golden Fleece, etc., in European countries, and the Orders of the Bath, the Garter, St. Patrick, St. Michael, and St.
George, the Thistle, etc., in Great Britain.
Each order has its appropriate insignia, generally including ribbon, collar, badge, or jewel and a star.
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR, a fraternal beneficiary society founded in the United States in 1877 .