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One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the institutions or the practices of freemasons; as, a freemasonic signal.

The institutions or the practices of freemasons.

One opposed to Freemasonry. -- An`ti*ma*son"ic, a.

Opposition to Freemasonry.

An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. Robertson.

an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.

An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.]

ceny. (Law) See under Larceny. -- Grand lodge, the chief lodge, or governing body, among Freemasons and other secret orders. -- Grand master. (a) The head of one of the military orders of knighthood, as the Templars, Hospitallers, etc. (b) The head of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. -- Grand paunch…

A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason. Mason bee (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus Osmia. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand. -- Mason moth (Zoöl.), any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil. -- Mason shell (Zoöl.), a marine…

Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries.

The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.

A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies. Little masters, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so called from the extreme smallness of their prints. -- Master in chancery, an officer of courts of…

eres. Chaucer. So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.

Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.

l act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry. He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity. Macaulay.

Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.

One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars.

A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. [Written also tyler.]

ey have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc. There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform. F. W. Robertson. In full uniform (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform, with ornaments, badge…