Scottish rite

American  

noun

1. one of the two advanced divisions of Masonic membership, leading to the 33rd degree.

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Etymology

Origin of Scottish rite

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

His body is interred at the Washington headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, which also contains a small museum in his honour.

From BBC

His team asks that donations be made in his honor to the Texas Scottish Rite for Children Hospital.

From Los Angeles Times

Less than a month before that, on June 2 or 3, two large sphinx sculptures located at the entrance of the Scottish Rite Temple in Washington, D.C., were "severely damaged" and smeared with "filth."

From Salon

Full disclosure: I became a Freemason in 2002 and a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason in 2004.

From Salon

Other branches of Masonry — the York rite, the Scottish rite — had been around for centuries.

From Washington Post