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

Freemasons will not appeal a High Court ruling that upheld a Metropolitan Police policy requiring officers and staff to declare membership of the organisation.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 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

The move prompted the bodies representing Freemasons to begin legal action over the force's decision at the High Court.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

In the winter of 1807, thirteen like-minded souls in London got together at the Freemasons Tavern at Long Acre, in Covent Garden, to form a dining club to be called the Geological Society.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson