Anti-Mason
noun
a member of the Anti-Masonic party or a supporter of its principles.
Anti-Masonic
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a word derived from
Anti-Mason.
Example Sentences
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In the 19th century, many Americans developed a renewed fear of Freemasonry and all sorts of secret societies, even forming the Anti-Masonic Party in the 1820s.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2022
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
Cf. also a verified copy of the Minute in "Proceedings of the Anti-Masonic Republican Convention of Massachusetts, Boston, 1832," p.
From Washington's Masonic Correspondence As Found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress by George Washington
