MM

(Freemasonry) Initialism of Master Mason.


tile

en-verb

tile (third-person singular simple present tiles, present participle tiling, simple past and past participle tiled)

tiles (present singular third-person)
tiling (participle present)
tiled (participle past)
tiled (past)

From Middle English tile, tyle, tigel, tiȝel, teȝele, from Old English tieġle, tiġle, tiġele (“tile; brick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ (“tile”), from Latin tēgula. Doublet of tegula.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tichel (“tile”), West Frisian teil, tegel, tichel (“tile”), Dutch tichel, tegel (“tile”), German Ziegel (“brick; tile”), Danish tegl (“brick”), Swedish tegel (“brick; tile”), Icelandic tigl (“tile; brick”).

(Freemasonry) To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.


master

masters (plural)
maistre (alternative archaic)
Marse (alternative Caribbean US dialectal obsolete)
marse (alternative Caribbean US dialectal obsolete)
mas'r (alternative)
Master (alternative)
mastre (alternative obsolete)
maister (alternative obsolete)
mayster (alternative obsolete)
Massa (alternative)
massa (alternative)
massah (alternative)
massy (alternative)
masta (alternative)
Mastah (alternative)
mastah (alternative)
mastuh (alternative)
measter (alternative UK obsolete pronunciation-spelling)
mester (alternative dialectal)
mister (alternative dialectal)

Sranan Tongo: masra

→ Catalan: màster

→ Finnish: master

→ French: master

→ German: Master

→ Polish: master

→ Portuguese: máster

→ Spanish: máster

→ Turkish: master

From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s, (as in magnus (“great”)) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister.

doublet

Southern US, African-American Vernacular, obsolete

use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

(Freemasonry) A person holding an office of authority, especially the presiding officer.

majstro

freemasonry: person holding an office of authority


loge

nl-noun

loge f (plural loges, diminutive logetje n)

loges (plural)
logetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦗꦶ (loji)

→ Lokono: logie

→ Malay: loji

Indonesian: loji

→ Indonesian: losê


loge

→ German: Loge

→ Dutch: loge

→ Macedonian: ложа (loža)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: losje

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: losje

→ Polish: loża

→ Russian: ло́жа (lóža)

→ Persian: لژ (lož)

→ Swedish: loge

→ Ukrainian: ло́жа (lóža)

Inherited from Middle French loge, from Old French loge. The Masonic sense developed under influence from English lodge.


clandestine

en-adj

clandestine (comparative more clandestine, superlative most clandestine)

more clandestine (comparative)
most clandestine (superlative)

From Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”); compare French clandestin.

bor

(Freemasonry, of a person or lodge) Not recognized as a regular member.


profane

profanes (plural)
prophane (alternative hypercorrect obsolete)

From Middle French prophane, from Latin profānus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).


Loge

Loge (genitive)
Logen (plural)
Loge (nominative singular)
Logen (definite nominative plural)
Loge (genitive singular)
Logen (definite genitive plural)
Loge (dative singular)
Logen (dative definite plural)
Loge (accusative singular)
Logen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French loge. Doublet of Lobby and Loggia.


Monitor

(Freemasonry) A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".


GAOTU

(Freemasonry) Deity, whatever a person's belief system is.


UGLE

United Grand Lodge of England
w:United Grand Lodge of England

(Freemasonry) Initialism of United Grand Lodge of England.


encampment

en-noun

encampment (countable and uncountable, plural encampments)

PIE word
 *h₁én
From encamp (“to establish a camp or temporary shelter”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or their results).

affix

(by extension, Freemasonry, obsolete) A meeting of Freemasons.


oriente

From Latin orientem (possibly a borrowing), accusative form of oriēns, present participle of orior (“to rise, get up”), in reference to the rising of the Sun.
Early Christian maps were "oriented" with the direction to Jerusalem always at the top.


Jahbulon

Various etymologies of this word are found; as a mystic word it may be deliberately obscure, though the first syllable is invariably given as being Hebrew יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”). Some theories often cited:
* First, that it is a compound of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + בּעל (bul, “on high, in heaven”) + אוֹן (’on, “strength”).
* Second, that it may have been a blend of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + זְבוּלוּן (Zəbūlūn, “Zebulun or Zabulon, son of Jacob”).
* Third, it is explained as being a combination of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + בּעל (bul, “Baal”) + אוֹן (’On, “Heliopolis”), a city of Egypt, explained as a reference to Osiris, perhaps as a misunderstanding of Genesis 46:20. Stephen Knight in The Brotherhood and Martin Short in Inside the Brotherhood argued that Jahbulon is a trinity consisting of Yahweh, God of the Jews, Baal, God of the Phoenicians and Celts, and Osiris, an Egyptian God.

Yahbulon (alternative)
Jabulon (alternative)

To this name, as the Royal Arch Masons to that of Jabulon, they attributed the most wonderful powers; and it could only be the subject of silent but pleasing contemplation, for its pronunciation was said to make earth and heaven tremble, and even the angels of heaven to quake with fear.

1875, Charles William Heckethorn, Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries:

In the ritual of exaltation, the name of the Great Architect of the Universe is revealed as JAH-BUL-ON – not a general umbrella term open to any interpretation an individual Freemason might choose, but a precise designation that describes a specific supernatural being – a compound deity composed of three separate personalities fused in one.

For the Masons, as for the Hermeticists, the name of the Hidden God was too sacred or magically powerful to be revealed even to the lower grades, the craft. This name was Jahbulon, and—not surprisingly—it is a triple name, its first two syllables being Ja for Yahwe, the God of Israel, and Bul for the Canaanite Baʿal.

“JAH-BUL-ON” was laid out on an altar that also displayed the Hebrew letters aleph, beth, and lamed (A, B, L).

2001, Gareth J Medway, Lure of the Sinister:

The complexity of the ceremonies in the Craft and the inclusion of the now defunct key word ‘jahbulon’ in Chapter, which I believe was the ultimate Masons word, means that the authors of Freemasonry in the 18th century were extremely well informed as to the importance and contents of the Rosslyn Chapel.

Thus, the final translation of the masonic god-name Jahbulon or Yahbulon could well be ‘Thoth, Lord of Heliopolis’, or perhaps even the ‘Thoth Pyramid of Heliopolis’.

(Freemasonry) A symbolic or ceremonial name for God associated by some writers with certain Masonic rites or passwords.


loja

lojas (plural)
lógea (alternative archaic)

→ Hunsrik: Loja

→ Makalero: loja (“shop”)

→ Tetum: loja

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lonja, borrowed from Old Catalan loja, borrowed from Old French loge.

etymon

(Freemasonry) lodge (local chapter of freemasons)


deacon

Inherited from Old English diacon, from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).


maçon

fr-noun

maçon m (plural maçons, feminine maçonne)

Mauritian Creole: mason

→ Turkish: mason

Inherited from Middle French maçon (“mason”) from Old French maçon, masson, machun (“brick-layer”), from Late Latin maciōnem, machiō (“carpenter, brick-layer”) (attested 7th century by Isidore de Séville), of Germanic origin, from a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matją, *mattjuk (“ploughshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”). Akin to Old High German steinmezzo (“stone mason”), mahhōn (“to make, work”). More at make, mattock.


monitorial

(Freemasonry) Not secret and therefore printed in the Monitor.


cowan

en-noun

cowan (plural cowans or (obsolete) cowanis)

cowans (plural)
cowanis (obsolete plural)
kowan (alternative)
cowen (alternative)

(Freemasonry) A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.


pursuivant

pursuivants (plural)
poursuivant (alternative)
pursevant (alternative)

From Middle English pursevant et al., from Old French pursuivant, present participle of pursuivre (“to follow”). Doublet of pursuant.

(Freemasonry) A Grand Lodge Officer who guards the inner door during a meeting of the Grand Lodge.


Shriner

(Freemasonry) A member of the fraternal Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.


tiler

Inherited from Middle English tiler, tilar, tilere, tylere, tighelar, tyghelere, tygelere, probably from Old English *tiglere, *tigelere (“one who lays tile, tiler”), equivalent to tile + -er.

(Freemasonry) A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons.


tiled

(Freemasonry) Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorized people.


tempel

nl-noun

tempel m (plural tempels or tempelen, diminutive tempeltje n)

tempels (plural)
tempelen (plural)
tempeltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: tempel

Negerhollands: templ, tempel

From Middle Dutch tempel, from Latin templum.

(religion) a temple, building destined as place of worship; specifically:

(Freemasonry) a masonic ceremonial meeting place, a lodge


páholy

páholyok (plural)
páholy (nominative singular)
páholyok (nominative plural)
páholyt (accusative singular)
páholyokat (accusative plural)
páholynak (dative singular)
páholyoknak (dative plural)
páhollyal (instrumental singular)
páholyokkal (instrumental plural)
páholyért (causal-final singular)
páholyokért (causal-final plural)
páhollyá (singular translative)
páholyokká (plural translative)
páholyig (singular terminative)
páholyokig (plural terminative)
páholyként (essive-formal singular)
páholyokként (essive-formal plural)
páholyban (inessive singular)
páholyokban (inessive plural)
páholyon (singular superessive)
páholyokon (plural superessive)
páholynál (adessive singular)
páholyoknál (adessive plural)
páholyba (illative singular)
páholyokba (illative plural)
páholyra (singular sublative)
páholyokra (plural sublative)
páholyhoz (allative singular)
páholyokhoz (allative plural)
páholyból (elative singular)
páholyokból (elative plural)
páholyról (delative singular)
páholyokról (delative plural)
páholytól (ablative singular)
páholyoktól (ablative plural)
páholyé (singular)
páholyoké (plural)
páholyéi (singular)
páholyokéi (plural)
páholyom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
páholyaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
páholyod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
páholyaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
páholya (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
páholyai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
páholyunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
páholyaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
páholyotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
páholyaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
páholyuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
páholyaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

unknown

Of unknown origin.


ложа

mk-noun

ложа • (loža) f

loža (romanization)
ложа (indefinite singular)
ложи (indefinite plural)
ложата (definite singular unspecified)
ложите (definite plural unspecified)
ложава (definite proximal singular)
ложиве (definite plural proximal)
ложана (definite distal singular)
ложине (definite distal plural)
ложо (singular vocative)
ложи (plural vocative)


ложа

ru-noun+

ло́жа • (lóža) f inan (genitive ло́жи, nominative plural ло́жи, genitive plural лож)

ло́жа (canonical)
lóža (romanization)
ло́жи (genitive)
ло́жи (nominative plural)
лож (genitive plural)
ло́жа (nominative singular)
ло́жи (nominative plural)
ло́жи (genitive singular)
ло́ж (genitive plural)
ло́же (dative singular)
ло́жам (dative plural)
ло́жу (accusative singular)
ло́жи (accusative plural)
ло́жей (instrumental singular)
ло́жею (instrumental singular)
ло́жами (instrumental plural)
ло́же (prepositional singular)
ло́жах (plural prepositional)


ложа

uk-noun

ло́жа • (lóža) f inan (genitive ло́жі, nominative plural ло́жі, genitive plural лож)

ло́жа (canonical)
lóža (romanization)
ло́жі (genitive)
ло́жі (nominative plural)
лож (genitive plural)
ло́жа (nominative singular)
ло́жі (nominative plural)
ло́жі (genitive singular)
лож (genitive plural)
ло́жі (dative singular)
ло́жам (dative plural)
ло́жу (accusative singular)
ло́жі (accusative plural)
ло́жею (instrumental singular)
ло́жами (instrumental plural)
ло́жі (locative singular)
ло́жах (locative plural)
ло́же (singular vocative)
ло́жі (plural vocative)


werkplaats

nl-noun

werkplaats f or m (plural werkplaatsen, diminutive werkplaatsje n)

werkplaatsen (plural)
werkplaatsje (diminutive neuter)


grootmeester

grootmeester m (plural grootmeesters, diminutive grootmeestertje n, feminine grootmeesteres)

grootmeesters (plural)
grootmeestertje (diminutive neuter)
grootmeesteres (feminine)

From groot (“grand”) + meester (“master”).


obédience

(Freemasonry) the set of lodges and freemasons under a single Grand Orient or Grand Lodge ; its jurisdiction.


past master

past masters (plural)
passed master (alternative archaic)
past-master (alternative)
pastmaster (alternative)

(Freemasonry) Someone who has previously been a master at a given lodge.


Hiramic

(Freemasonry) Of, or pertaining to, Hiram Abiff, the chief character in an allegorical legend connected with the initiation into the third degree of Freemasonry.


adogmatic

(Freemasonry) That rejects the use of dogma


adogmatico

it-adj

adogmatico (feminine adogmatica, masculine plural adogmatici, feminine plural adogmatiche)

adogmatica (feminine)
adogmatici (masculine plural)
adogmatiche (feminine plural)


tuiler

tuiler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
tuilant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
tuilé (participle past)
tuile (first-person indicative present singular)
tuiles (indicative present second-person singular)
tuile (indicative present singular third-person)
tuilons (first-person indicative plural present)
tuilez (indicative plural present second-person)
tuilent (indicative plural present third-person)
tuilais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tuilais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tuilait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tuilions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tuiliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tuilaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tuilai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
tuilas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
tuila (historic indicative past singular third-person)
tuilâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
tuilâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
tuilèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
tuilerai (first-person future indicative singular)
tuileras (future indicative second-person singular)
tuilera (future indicative singular third-person)
tuilerons (first-person future indicative plural)
tuilerez (future indicative plural second-person)
tuileront (future indicative plural third-person)
tuilerais (conditional first-person singular)
tuilerais (conditional second-person singular)
tuilerait (conditional singular third-person)
tuilerions (conditional first-person plural)
tuileriez (conditional plural second-person)
tuileraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
tuile (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tuiles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tuile (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tuilions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tuiliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tuilent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tuilasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tuilasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tuilât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tuilassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tuilassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tuilassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tuile (imperative second-person singular)
tuilons (first-person imperative plural)
tuilez (imperative plural second-person)


York Rite

Named after the city of York in England, where the first meetings of Masons in England are said to have taken place.

(Freemasonry) A rite of Freemasonry consisting of a series of progressive degrees that can be conferred by various Masonic organizations or bodies.


Grand Lodge Freemasonry

United States of America
United States of America

(Freemasonry) Freemasonry in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Empire, the Commonwealth of Nations, the United States of America, and the English-speaking world generally. It requires belief in God for membership and is apolitical, in contrast to Grand Orient Freemasonry in Romance-language countries.


llety

From Proto-Brythonic *llettɨɣ (compare Breton leti). By surface analysis, lled (“half, in part”) + tŷ (“house, dwelling”).

bod yn llety'r aderyn

to spend time under a hedge; to be in the bird's lodgings

cysgu yn llety'r falwen

to sleep by an outside wall; to sleep in the snail's lodgings


Domatic

(Freemasonry, chiefly Scotland) Practical (operative), as opposed to theoretic (speculative).


Geomatic

(Freemasonry, chiefly Scotland) Theoretic (speculative) as opposed to practical (operative).


maçonniek

maçonniek (adverbial positive predicative)
maçonnieke (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
maçonniek (indefinite neuter positive singular)
maçonnieke (indefinite plural positive)
maçonnieke (definite positive)
maçonnieks (partitive positive)


Eeuwige Oosten

(Freemasonry) afterlife (life after death, also as a euphemism for death)


Grootoosten

Grootoostens (plural)
Groot-Oosten (alternative)


rituaal

nl-noun

rituaal n (plural ritualen, diminutive rituaaltje n)

ritualen (plural)
rituaaltje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin rītuālis or rītuāle.

(Roman Catholicism, Freemasonry) an instruction text for performing rituals, a liturgy book


Grand Orient

(Freemasonry) An overarching group of associated Masonic lodges, led by a grandmaster.


close-tiled

(Freemasonry) Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people.


Entered Apprentice

en-noun

Entered Apprentice (plural Entered Apprentices)

(Freemasonry) A candidate who has completed the first degree of initiation into Freemasonry.


appendant body

appendant body (plural appendant bodies)

(Freemasonry) A Masonic organization that one can join after completing the three basic Blue Lodge degrees (Entered Apprentice, fellowcraft, and Master Mason), and which offers more advanced teaching.


Swedish Rite

(Freemasonry) A rite of Freemasonry consisting of a series of ten degrees, common in Scandinavian countries and to a limited extent in Germany.


Operative Masonry

Coordinate term: Speculative Masonry

But you and I, my brother, are taught that Operative Masonry is but the outward form, the type, the model of speculative Masonry; and that King Solomon’s Temple, with all its particulars, was the antitype of the grand world-wide system which we call Freemasonry.

1878 February 16, Rob Morris, “The Holy Land and the Temple”, in The Freemason’s Chronicle, volume 7, number 164, page 116:

(Freemasonry, archaic) Practical masonry, i.e. construction with stone and other materials, understood as a coherent and ancient system contrasted with Speculative Masonry or Freemasonry.


εταίρος

etaíros (romanization)
εταίροι (plural)
εταίρος (nominative singular)
εταίροι (nominative plural)
εταίρου (genitive singular)
εταίρων (genitive plural)
εταίρο (accusative singular)
εταίρους (accusative plural)
εταίρε (singular vocative)
εταίροι (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος (hetaîros) with semantic loan from French associé and partenaire and from English partner.

lbor

(Freemasonry) fellowcraft (a Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry)


Blue Lodge

(Freemasonry) A lodge that works the first three Masonic degrees — Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason — rather than the appendant bodies.