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Galahad, Sir (găl`əhăd'), hero of Arthurian legend Arthurian legend, the mass of legend, popular in medieval lore, concerning King Arthur of Britain and his knights.

Medieval Sources

The battle of Mt. Badon—in which, according to the Annales Cambriae (c.
..... Click the link for more information. . He was the son of Launcelot and Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles. Because he was the noblest and purest of the knights of Christendom, he alone, according to Sir Thomas Malory Malory, Sir Thomas (măl`ərē), d. 1471, English author of Morte d'Arthur.
..... Click the link for more information. , achieved the Holy Grail (see Grail, Holy Grail, Holy, a feature of medieval legend and literature. It appears variously as a chalice, a cup, or a dish and sometimes as a stone or a caldron into which a bleeding lance drips.
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Galahad, Sir

gallant, chivalrous knight of the Round Table. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]

See : Chivalry

Galahad, Sir

sole knight who could sit in siege perilous. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur; Idylls of the King]

See : Purity

Galahad, Sir

noblest and purest knight of the Round Table. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]

See : Virtuousness