Masonic
adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of Freemasons or Freemasonry.
Masonic
American
[muh-son-ik]
/ məˈsɒn ɪk /
adjective
masonic
British
/ məˈsɒnɪk /
adjective
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(often capital) of, characteristic of, or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry
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of or relating to masons or masonry
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Masonic
Example Sentences
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I found a document releasing people convicted of first-degree murder so they could give a talk at a Masonic lodge or play chess at a high school tournament.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
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
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
Members are required to believe in a Supreme Being - though not be members of a specific religion - and are reportedly prohibited from discussing politics or religion at Masonic meetings.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
His Masonic ring had diamond chips in it.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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
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
When word got out the documentary was being made, there were tentative emails from BBC engineers and mixers - all of them bass players - almost a masonic underground of slap players who became involved.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2014
By this name he is mentioned in almost all the masonic documents relating to him and over this same name he wrote in the La Solidaridad and the Kalayaan.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by Francis St. Clair
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