Anti-Masonic
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a word derived from
Anti-Mason.
Example Sentences
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Others, like the Anti-Masonic Party, which wanted to protect the United States from the influence of the Masonic fraternal order and garnered just under 8 percent of the popular vote in 1832, are gone.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
During the presidential election of 1832, the Anti-Masonic Party opposed President Andrew Jackson, who was a Mason, and had planned to support his opponent, Henry Clay.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2020
Fillmore launched his career in the 1820s with the Anti-Masonic Party, hawking a paranoid rumour that ruling Freemasons were murdering whistleblowers.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2018
The first national party convention was held by the long-departed Anti-Masonic Party in Baltimore in September 1831.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2016
In 1828 the Anti-Masonic party, having no members of congress to act as leaders, held a "people's convention."
From Studies in Civics by J. T. (James Thompson) McCleary