of or referring to the Freemasons, a
secret order with an interna tional membership whose principles
include brotherliness,
charity and
mutual aid.
having to do with the Masons (also called the Freemasons) a
class of skilled workers in stone, in the fourteenth and
following centuries, who traveled from
place to
place, finding
employment wherever important buildings were being erected. The Masons had a system of
secret signs and passwords by which a
craftsman who had been admitted on giving
evidence of competent
skill could be recognized. Early in the seventeenth century the societies of Freemasons began to admit honorary members, not connected with the building trades. These were called accepted masons, though the
term free masons was often loosely applied to them. They are now known as the "Free and Accepted Masons" and have the
object of
mutual assistance and the
promotion of brotherly
love.
having to do with the Masons (also called the Freemasons) a
class of skilled workers in stone, in the fourteenth and
following centuries, who traveled from
place to
place, finding
employment wherever important buildings were being erected. The Masons had a system of
secret signs and passwords by which a
craftsman who had been admitted on giving
evidence of competent
skill could be recognized. Early in the seventeenth century the societies of Freemasons began to admit honorary members, not connected with the building trades. These were called accepted masons, though the
term free masons was often loosely applied to them. They are now known as the "Free and Accepted Masons" and have the
object of
mutual assistance and the
promotion of brotherly
love. You see in Masonic emblems, you see in
Egypt, you see-all over the
place you see pyramids,
conical objects, that sort of thing.