(often capital) of, characteristic of, or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry
of or relating to masons or masonry
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Locals give directions to out-of-towners using churches as landmarks, and a Masonic lodge was promoting a squirrel hunt one recent day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Instead, it stages work in unlikely spaces: Masonic lodges, American Legions, women’s centers, but never traditional black box theaters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
The research was carried out by scientists in the UCL Faculties of Life Sciences and Brain Sciences, with support from the Cambridge Trust, Wellcome, and the Masonic Charitable Foundation.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
The Biblical figure King Solomon is central to Freemasonry - his construction of First Temple in Jerusalem is reflected in Masonic ideals of self-development and spiritual growth.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
Contractors had begun erecting two of the firm’s newest, tallest Chicago skyscrapers, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Temple and the Masonic Fraternity Temple, at twenty-one stories the tallest building in the world.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The material left for posterity in 1887 turned out to be mostly routine — a Bible, an almanac, a masonic trinket along with Confederate bank notes and a genealogy of the Lee family.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022
Dr Grant uncovered the masonic link while researching her book Auld Lang Syne: A Song And Its Culture, which explores how its popularity spread around the world.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2021
Dupart was active in the social, political and masonic organizations that were part of the fabric of New Orleans society.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2020
She told him her friend Jerry Holder had something he might be interested in: The masonic ring that had belonged to his brother-in-law, Detective Paul Bentley, who died in 2008.
From Time ● May 21, 2015
It was for want of this privilege that the shelter of the masonic lodge room was sought.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis
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