Freemasonry – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
freemasonry
n.
Freemasons in a collective manner, fraternal organization advocating mutual assistance and brotherly love among its members the principal symbols of which are the square and compasses; principles of the Freemason; smutual understanding, brotherhood;
Freemasonry
Freemasonry consists of
fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of
stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The degrees of freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft
guilds, those of
Apprentice,
Journeyman or fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and
Master Mason. These are the degrees offered by Craft (or Blue Lodge) Freemasonry. Members of these organisations are known as
Freemasons or
Masons. There are additional degrees, which vary with locality and jurisdiction, and are usually administered by different bodies than the craft degrees.
Freemasonry
Noun
1. Freemasons collectively
(synonym) Masonry
(hypernym) secret society
(member-meronym) Freemason, Mason
freemasonry
Noun
1. a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests; "he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press"
(hypernym) company, companionship, fellowship, society
Freemasonry
(n.)
The institutions or the practices of freemasons.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Masonry
Masonry Operative masonry, the art of building in stone; speculative and emblematic Freemasonry, called such since 1717 when four English Lodges of operative masons established the Grand Lodge of England of Speculative and Emblematic Freemasonry, so called because building materials, tools, and instruments are symbolically and analogically used in the building of the universe and of man as a temple enshrining a god. Originally, however, among the ancient Masons, and today throughout the Orient "wherever magic and the wisdom-religion are studied, its practitioners and students are known among their craft as Builders -- for they build the temple of knowledge, of secret science. Those of the adepts who are active, are styled practical or
operative Builders, while the students, or neophytes are classed as
speculative or theoretical. The former exemplify in works their control over the forces of inanimate as well as animate nature; the latter are but perfecting themselves in the rudiments of the sacred science" (IU 2:392).
Modern Freemasonry includes many Rites and Degrees, all the so-called higher degrees being based upon the three fundamental craft degrees --
1) Entered Apprentice;
2) Fellow Craft; and
3) Master Mason -- which degrees alone comprise true Masonic secrets and have any valid claim to descent from ancient Masonry.
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