Etymology

Pallottine

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the Society of the Catholic Apostolate. Full definition →

Italian pallottino
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  1. Italian · borrowed frompallottino
  2. English todayPallottine

Borrowed from Italian pallottino, from Pallotti (surname, after Vincent Pallotti, founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate) + -ino (“-ine”). By surface analysis, Pallotti + -ine.

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