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| has gloss | eng: Knight Grand Cross (or Dame Grand Cross) is the most senior grade of seven British orders of chivalry, three of which are obsolete. The rank entails admission into knighthood, allowing the recipient to use the title Sir (male) or Dame (female) before his or her name. In the British system of precedence, Knights (and Dames) Grand Cross rank after Baronets and Baronetesses and the senior orders of England, Scotland and Ireland (the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle and the obsolete Order of St. Patrick respectively), and before the Order of the Companions of Honour, interspersed with the Order of Merit, Baronets, the Order of the Crown of India. |
| lexicalization | eng: Knight grand cross |
| instance of | c/Orders of knighthood of the United Kingdom |
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