Associations to the word «Merton»

Wiktionary

MERTON, proper noun. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement
MERTON, proper noun. A town and borough of London.
MERTON, proper noun. Merton College, Oxford.
MERTON, proper noun. An English habitational surname​ from the placenames.
MERTON THESIS, noun. (sociology) A theory that significant developments in the modern world have a positive correlation with Protestant pietism, similar to Weber's link between success and Protestant ethic.

Dictionary definition

MERTON, noun. United States religious and writer (1915-1968).
MERTON, noun. United States sociologist (1910-2003).

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.