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Maryknoller

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Mary·​knoll·​er | \ ˈmer-ē-ˌnō-lər How to pronounce Maryknoller (audio) , ˈma-rē, ˈmā-rē \

Definition of Maryknoller

: a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America founded by T. F. Price and J. A. Walsh at Maryknoll, N.Y. in 1911

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1923, in the meaning defined above

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“Maryknoller.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Maryknoller. Accessed 10 December 2019.

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