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
Likewise, Dizzy Gillespie is not listed as being a Prince Hall lodge member, but his autobiography talks about his fascination with freemasonry and his application to join a masonic lodge.
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
The ruling by Mr Justice Chamberlain rejected UGLE's application for judicial review of the Met's decision to class Freemasonry as a declarable association.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
He became the Babcock family’s coachman and quickly gained respect in the Greater San Diego area, founding a Prince Hall Freemasonry lodge in San Diego for Black middle-class men to congregate and discuss civil rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
They were social clubs with similarities to Freemasonry.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
The group says it has 180,000 male members, with two parallel female lodges in England having another 5,000 members, and estimates global Freemasonry membership at around six million.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2023
Mozart, as well as being intrigued by the hidden curiosities and mystical secrets of Freemasonry, unashamedly celebrated in The Magic Flute, was fascinated by the supernatural, and by what we would call psychological motive.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Besides, the gun, fishing-rod, boat, and horse constitute, among all who use them, secret freemasonries.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various
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