Sentence:  More than a beautiful visualization of the illustrious adventures and escapades of the tragi-comic knight-errant and his squire , Sancho Panza , in seventeenth century Spain , this inevitably abbreviated rendering of the <WSD>classic</WSD> satire on chivalry is an affectingly warm and human exposition of character . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  of recognized authority or excellence