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    A Masonic lodge, also called a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also a commonly used term for...
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    Freemasonry (redirect from Masonic)
    confer a Masonic degree or receive a lecture, which is usually on some aspect of Masonic history or ritual. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Lodge may...
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  • known as Blue Lodge Freemasonry, every Masonic lodge elects or appoints Masonic lodge officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodge's life and work...
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    Masonic ritual is the scripted words and actions that are spoken or performed during the degree work in a Masonic lodge. Masonic symbolism is that which...
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  • The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing Masonic lodge for the majority of freemasons in England, Wales, and the Commonwealth of Nations...
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  • to be a Masonic Grand Lodge. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons"...
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    construct a Masonic memorial for George Washington was first proposed in 1852 by the Washington area's "mother lodge," Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 (located...
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    Lodge. The basic unit of Freemasonry is the Masonic Lodge, which alone can "make" (initiate) a Freemason. Such lodges are controlled by a Grand Lodge...
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    was a Masonic lodge, founded in 1877, within the tradition of Continental Freemasonry and under the authority of Grand Orient of Italy. Its Masonic charter...
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    A Masonic Temple or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a Masonic Lodge meets. Masonic Temple may also refer to an abstract...
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  • further his knowledge. For a system of Masonic degrees to be named rite, it must encompass the first three blue lodge craft degrees, either as degrees within...
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    (French) The usual caption of French Masonic documents. A∴ L'O∴ – À L'Orient, "At the East" (French) The seat of the Lodge A.M. – Anno Mundi, "In The Year...
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    and Emmanuel Rebold, in their Masonic histories, first claimed that the high degrees were created and practiced in Lodge Canongate Kilwinning at Edinburgh...
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  • globally centralised Masonic organisational system, and therefore the criteria for regularity are not consistent across all Grand Lodges. The concept of Regularity...
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  • petitioned for admission to the white Boston St. John's Lodge. They were declined.: 74  The Masonic fraternity was attractive to some free blacks such as...
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  • office of outer guard of a Masonic Lodge. Masonic lodges may meet in rooms in taverns and other public meeting places, and all Lodges appoint a Tyler to guard...
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  • another member 'Hang your piano... it's ruining the Club'. An associated Masonic lodge was established in 1887. The club has hosted a variety of guests over...
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  • Freemasonry, Latin Freemasonry, and Adogmatic Freemasonry, includes the Masonic lodges, primarily on the European continent, that recognize the Grand Orient...
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  • Old Masonic Lodge may refer to: in the United States (by state) Old Masonic Hall (Benicia, California), listed on the NRHP in Solano County, California...
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    namely a chair with Masonic symbols and the Irish harp in lurgan Masonic hall dated 1681. There is considerable evidence of Masonic Lodges meeting in Ireland...
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  • distilleries, a saloon, a salt works, a cooper shop, a carding machine, and a Masonic Lodge. It was incorporated as a town on February 23, 1847. Its post office...
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  • Mathawan Lodge No 192 F.A. & A.M., New Jersey. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. "Famous members of Masonic Lodges". Bavaria Lodge No. 935 A...
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  • Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon Masonic Biographies. Retrieved 12 April 2013. "Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library". Scottish Rite Masonic Museum...
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  • state of New York. The offices of the Grand Lodge are located at Masonic Hall in New York City. The Grand Lodge of New York was founded December 15, 1782...
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  • affording a limited understanding of early masonic rites. All of those which pre-date the formation of Grand Lodges are found in Scotland and Ireland, and...
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  • unsuccessfully to help establish or visit lodges and chapters in Batavia, but was denied participation in Batavia's Masonic activities by members who were uncertain...
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    Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Washington D.C., U.S.A.) is a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C., United States, that serves as the headquarters...
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  • as meeting halls by Masonic lodges, Grand Lodges or other Masonic bodies. Many of the buildings were built to house Masonic meetings and ritual activities...
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  • early masonic landmarks derive from the charges of medieval stonemasons. According to the General Regulations published by the Premier Grand Lodge of England...
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    the genuine Freemasonry of the men. In the 1890s, mixed lodges following a standard Masonic ritual started to appear in France, and quickly spread to...
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