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From Mary + knoll + -er. The society was set up on a plot of land that they called Mary's Knoll, after the Virgin Mary.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A member of the Catholic missionary society Maryknoll. Full definition →
From Mary + knoll + -er. The society was set up on a plot of land that they called Mary's Knoll, after the Virgin Mary.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.