• The Royal Order of Scotland is an appendant order within the structures of Freemasonry. Membership is an honour extended to Freemasons by invitation. The...
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  • The Royal Order of Jesters is a masonic male fraternal organization, allowing only Shriners in good standing to join. Admission is by invitation only....
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    The Royal Banner of the Royal Arms of Scotland, also known as the Royal Banner of Scotland, or more commonly the Lion Rampant of Scotland, and historically...
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    The Royal Victorian Order (French: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished...
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    in the Royal Order of Scotland, an invitational Masonic honorary organization. Templar connections have also been suggested through the Earls of Rosslyn...
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    which gives Scotland prominence; the latter includes other Scottish symbolism in the full achievement, such as the collar of the Order of the Thistle...
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  • Order of Freemasons, founded in 1735 as the oldest still active Swedish fraternal order, working the Swedish Rite of Freemasonry. It is under royal patronage...
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    first Grand Council during the 1950s. Royal Order of Scotland. The Grand Lodge of the Royal Order at Edinburgh, Scotland, controls approximately 85 Provincial...
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    Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland...
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    The Royal Regiment of Scotland (SCOTS) is the senior and only current Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army Infantry. It consists of three...
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    Scottish version of the arms are conventionally stylised to resemble the Crown of Scotland. Changes to the blazon of the Royal Arms are in the Royal prerogative...
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    ('additional') order. Royal Arch Masons meet as a Chapter; in the Supreme Order of the Royal Arch as practised in the British Isles, much of Europe and the...
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  • Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz. The society was founded in 1867, derived from a pre-existing Rosicrucian 'non-Masonic' order in Scotland (which bore...
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  • degree is conferred by the Order of Royal and Select Masters, along with three other degrees. The Royal Arch Mason (or Holy Royal Arch) degree is said by...
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    "Worshipful Lodge" (French) R∴ S∴ Y∴ C∴ S∴ – Rosy Cross (in the Royal Order of Scotland). R∴ W∴ – Right Worshipful. R∴ W∴ M∴ – Right Worshipful Master...
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    Lodge of Scotland. In Queensland, the degree of Mark Master can be conferred by a Royal Arch Chapter under the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Queensland...
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    The Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which legislated for the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament...
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  • The Order of Royal and Select Masters is an appendant order of Freemasonry and frequently referred to as 'Cryptic Degrees'. In England and Wales, the degrees...
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    conferred in a Holy Royal Arch Chapter as a prerequisite for exaltation to the Holy Royal Arch. If a candidate for joining a Scottish Royal Arch Chapter has...
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    The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris...
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    Degrees of Mark, Royal Ark Mariner, Excellent Master, Holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem, Knights Templar, Royal Order of Scotland and Red Cross of Constantine are...
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  • are particularly popular in Scotland. Membership of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite and the Royal Order of Scotland are sought after but tightly-controlled...
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  • William St Clair, on the formation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1736, in spite of the fact that it never won the royal approval that would have made it...
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  • The order of precedence in Scotland was fixed by Royal Warrant in 1905. Amendments were made by further Warrants in 1912, 1952, 1958, 1999 to coincide...
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    Independent United Order of Mechanics website of Markethill Royal Black District Chapter No 3. County Armagh Company website Worshipful Company of Carpenters...
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    such as the Royal Ark Mariner degree in Canada and the Excellent Master degree in Scotland. In England and Wales, the York Rite degrees of Cryptic Masonry...
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  • as JDI (or IOJD, referring to its longtime former name, International Order of Job's Daughters). Job's Daughters welcomes many religions and cultures...
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    the line infantry order of precedence to the Royal Regiment of Scotland and part of the Queen's Division. The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment was formed...
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    The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) is one of the largest fraternal movements in the United Kingdom, The order started in 1822 and has since...
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    The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348. The most senior order of knighthood in the British...
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