KNIGHT OF THE MACCABEES


Meaning of KNIGHT OF THE MACCABEES in English

noun

( plural knights of the maccabees )

Usage: usually capitalized K&M

Etymology: after Maccabees, 2d & 1st century B.C. Jewish family in Palestine

: a member of a secret beneficiary society formed in Ontario in 1878 and introduced into the United States in 1881 and having a ritual based on characteristics of the ancient Maccabean family

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