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A Masonic lodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also commonly used as a term for a building in which such a unit meets. Every new lodge must be warranted or chartered by a Grand Lodge, but is subject to its direction only in enforcing the published constitution of the jurisdiction. By exception the three surviving lodges that formed the world's first known grand lodge in London (now merged into the United Grand Lodge of England) have the unique privilege to operate as time immemorial, i.e., without such warrant; only one other lodge operates without a warrant – the Grand Stewards' Lodge in London, although it is not also entitled to the "time immemorial" title.[note 1] A Freemason is generally entitled to visit any lodge in any jurisdiction (i.e., under any Grand Lodge) in amity with his own. In some jurisdictions this privilege is restricted to Master Masons (that is, Freemasons who have attained the Order's third degree). He is first usually required to check, and certify, the regularity of the relationship of the Lodge – and be able to satisfy that Lodge of his regularity of membership. Freemasons gather together as a Lodge to work the three basic Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason.
A Masoniclodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also commonly used as a term...
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...
known as Blue Lodge Freemasonry, every Masoniclodge elects or appoints Masoniclodge officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodge's life and work...
The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing Masoniclodge for the majority of freemasons in England, Wales, and the Commonwealth of Nations...
Masonic ritual is the scripted words and actions that are spoken or performed during the degree work in a Masoniclodge. Masonic symbolism is that which...
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"...
A Masonic Temple or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a MasonicLodge meets. Masonic Temple may also refer to an abstract...
was a Masoniclodge, founded in 1877, within the tradition of Continental Freemasonry and under the authority of Grand Orient of Italy. Its Masonic charter...
Lodge. The basic unit of Freemasonry is the MasonicLodge, which alone can "make" (initiate) a Freemason. Such lodges are controlled by a Grand Lodge...
construct a Masonic memorial for George Washington was first proposed in 1852 by the Washington area's "mother lodge," Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 (located...
and Emmanuel Rebold, in their Masonic histories, first claimed that the high degrees were created and practiced in Lodge Canongate Kilwinning at Edinburgh...
Freemasonry, Latin Freemasonry, and Adogmatic Freemasonry, includes the Masoniclodges, primarily on the European continent, that recognize the Grand Orient...
globally centralised Masonic organisational system, and therefore the criteria for regularity are not consistent across all Grand Lodges. The concept of Regularity...
another member 'Hang your piano... it's ruining the Club'. An associated Masoniclodge was established in 1887. The club has hosted a variety of guests over...
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...
petitioned for admittance to the white Boston St. John's Lodge. They were declined.: 74 The Masonic fraternity was attractive to some free blacks like Prince...
Old MasonicLodge may refer to: in the United States (by state) Old Masonic Hall (Benicia, California), listed on the NRHP in Solano County, California...
meeting of the Grand Lodge to install the new Grand Master, The 1st Earl of Rosse, on 24 June. The Grand Lodge has regular Masonic jurisdiction over 13...
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...
Turkish Grand Lodge was established. Sultan Murad V was a member of the lodge, becoming the first and only Ottoman sultan to join. Masonic organizations...
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...
(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...
the modern system of speculative lodges organised around regional or national "Grand Lodges". The earliest masonic texts each contain some sort of a...
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...
power That there is a centralized worldwide body that controls all Masonic Grand Lodges, and thus, all of Freemasonry worldwide acts in a unified manner...
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