freemasonry
noun
secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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