Knights of Columbus

proper noun

A Roman Catholic fraternity for men, founded by a Roman Catholic priest named Michael McGivney.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Knights of Columbus
  1. A Roman Catholic fraternity for men, founded by a Roman Catholic priest named Michael McGivney.

    Many Catholic Colleges throughout the United States do not permit a Fraternity on the campus but the Knights of Columbus is a fraternal organization of which the Church and the faculty approve.

    1949, John P. Bauernschub, Fifty Years of Columbianism in Maryland, Maryland State Council, page 218
noun
  1. pluralplural of Knight of Columbus
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Chicago

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