Freemasons

Cultural  

1. A men's fraternal organization with some religious aspects. Freemasons claim descent from the builders of the Temple in Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem).

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Example Sentences

Scientists from the Robinson Research Institute, the School of Biomedicine, and the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing studied how space-like conditions affect sperm navigation, fertilization, and early embryo development.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

After the Met's disclosure policy came into force, more than 300 Met officers and staff declared their involvement in the Freemasons or other groups.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Barristers for the Met said the claim should be thrown out, telling the court that the suggestion officers would be blacklisted was "plainly wrong" and that employees were "free to become or remain Freemasons".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The Met announced in December that membership of the Freemasons or similar organisations would be added to its declarable associations policy.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Father’s plan was different; he wanted Harry to be a businessman and one day take over the cotton gin and the pecan orchards and join the Freemasons, as he had.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly