- Knights of the Maccabees
- Knights of the Maccabees,the name of the fraternal society of Maccabees until 1914.
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Knights of the Maccabees
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Knights of the Maccabees — The Knights of the Maccabees was a fraternal organization formed in 1878 in London, Ontario, Canada. A related but separate organization Maccabees of the World was also established, the two merging under the title The Knights of the Maccabees of… … Wikipedia
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