释义 |
knight of the maccabees 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 |