Articles and information from our former MasonicDictionary.com website which ran from 2000 – 2022.
A brother in good standing in his Blue Lodge may elect to take the degrees of this rite, which does not of course include any of the degrees of the American Rite, and is administered […]
Thomas Smith Webb (right) was a key player in the development of American ritual. The Masonic Ritual in the United States: History vs. Tradition By Bro. A.L. Kress, Pennsylvania For a long time now Bro. […]
A plant well known to the ancients, the Greek name of which signifies never withering. It is the Cetosia cristata of the botanists. The dry nature of the flowers causes them to retain their […]
By Bro. Charles H. Callahan, Virginia GENERAL Washington, having resigned his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the American army, arrived at his home, after an absence of several years, on Christmas eve, 1783, and two days […]
The Book of Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of England (Antients), named by Dermott. The book was created in the mid-18th Century. Also the name used by many American Grand Lodges today for their Book […]
Elizabeth St. Leger (right) was one of the first women initiated into Freemasonry. The Rite of Adoption as practiced on the continent of Europe, and especially in France, has never been introduced into America. The […]
One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is “How do I become a Masonic Knights Templar?” Masonic Templarism is one branch of what is commonly called The York Rite. Freemasonry has, since its […]
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