secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport.
the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
(initial capital letter) the principles, practices, and institutions of Freemasons.
the institutions, rites, practices, etc, of Freemasons
Freemasons collectively
First recorded in 1400–50, freemasonry is from the late Middle English word fremasonry. See Freemason, -ry
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Temptingly, he explained that “the theater, behind the scenes, has an emotional freemasonry of its own, certainly franker and arguably wholesomer than the stiffness of suburban society outside.”
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
A retired prosecutor who chased him for years blames unspecified freemasonry circles.
From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2023
Now research from the University of Edinburgh has revealed the origins of the Hogmanay tradition are connected to freemasonry.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021
Undaunted by the rebuff, Hall and 14 other free black men were initiated into freemasonry in 1775 by a British military lodge based in Boston.
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2014
His dialect was different from Nando's, but there is a freemasonry of speech among the tribes of the Congo, and Nando understood.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Strang, Herbert
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