Knights of Columbus

English

Proper noun

the Knights of Columbus

  1. A Roman Catholic fraternity for men, founded by a Roman Catholic priest named Michael McGivney.
    • 1949, John P. Bauernschub, Fifty Years of Columbianism in Maryland, Maryland State Council, page 218:
      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.

Noun

Knights of Columbus

  1. plural of Knight of Columbus
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