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Goose and Gridiron
An alehouse with this sign, in St. Paul’s Church Yards London. In 1717 the Lodge of Antiquity met at the Goose and Gridiron, and it was there that the first Quarterly Communication of the Grand […]
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Emulation Lodge of Improvement
At the time of the Union of the English Lodges in 1813, a Lodge of Reconciliation was constituted with an equal number of chosen workers from each Constitution for the purpose of arranging a uniformity […]
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Ecossais Masonry
This is a French word, pronounced a-ko-say, which masonically is generally to be translated as Scottish Master. There are numerous Degrees under the same or a similar name; all of them, however, concurring in one […]
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Order of the Eastern Star
The Order of the Eastern Star is the world’s largest fraternal organization to which men and women may both belong. There are over one million members of the order worldwide who fall under the governance […]
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The Order of DeMolay
What is DeMolay? DeMolay is a club for young men between the ages of 12 and 21. The individual DeMolay clubs are called “chapters.” There are hundreds of DeMolay chapters in North America and even […]
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Daughters of The Nile
Daughters of the Nile is a benevolent international fraternal organization for women who are related by birth or marriage to Shriners. It boasts 149 constituted Temples throughout the United States and Canada The organization was […]
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Cryptic Masonry and the Commandery
by Bro. J. Angus Gillis, Oklahoma In the beginning I wish to say that in this article there is nothing original. In some instances I have used quotation marks and at times give full credit […]
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The Cryptic Rite
The Cryptic Rite The Council of Royal and Select Masters is referred to as Cryptic Masonry and takes its name from the word Crypt having its origins in the Greek language meaning a concealed place […]
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Craft Freemasonry
Blue Lodge There can be no doubt that Blue is the color of the craft lodge. The term Blue Lodge is one that seems to be a North American colloquialism and one MasonicDictionary.com wishes would […]
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Scottish Rite Council of Kadosh
*Called Consistory in Canada The third portion of the Scottish Rite System of degrees is called The Council of Kadosh. This series of degrees includes the 19th° through to the 30th° It is important to […]