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In the early Anglo Saxon, German, or Scandinavian languages the noun land meant the same as in modern English, although as a verb it meant come to land, a meaning reflected in our custom of […]
As the city of York claims to be the birthplace of Freemasonry in England, the obscure little village of Kilwinning is entitled to the same honor with respect to the origin of the Order in […]
The International Order of Job’s Daughters was founded in 1920 in Omaha, Neb., by Mrs. Ethel T. Wead Mick. Job’s Daughters began in an atmosphere of Masonry and the Order of the Eastern Star. The […]
Usually so called, but more formally named the Royal Order of Jesters, an organization evolved out of the good fellowship of members of the Mystic Shrine during a voyage to Honolulu, February 15 to March 7, 1911. […]
A secret society, founded on May 1, 1776, by Adam Weishaupt, who was Professor of Canon Law at the University of Ingolstadt. Its founder at first called it the Order of the Perfectibilists; but he subsequently […]
The House of the Temple House of the Temple is the name of the headquarters of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction. The building is located in Washington D.C. – Source: Masonicdictionary.com The House of the […]
The Holy Royal Arch Knights Templar Priests (HRAKTP) is a venerable and exclusive Christian Masonic order that combines elements of the Knights Templar and the Holy Royal Arch. This mystical and esoteric fraternity holds a […]
An old record of the Constitutions of Freemasonry, so called because it forms No. 2054 of the collection of manuscripts in the British Museums which were originally collected by Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, the […]
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