rare. [f. assumed vb. chivalrize (f. CHIVALRY) + -ATION.] The action of making chivalric or chivalresque.
1800. Month. Mag., IX. 6/2. William of Britanny, Walter Chatillon and others, preceded Guido Colonna and the Italian romancers in the chivalrization of ancient epopœas.
1918. Laurie Magnus, Eur. Lit. in Cent. of Romance, iii. 94. We have noted the growing chivalrization (if the epithet may be invented) of the old heroic Greek myths.
1924. Evening Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), 23 Sept., 2/2. The resulting unification and chivalrization of Christendom stopped the advance of Mohammedans and saved Europe for Christ and Christian civilization.
