freemasonry
noun
free·ma·son·ry
ˈfrē-ˈmā-sᵊn-rē 
1
capitalized
: the principles, institutions, or practices of Freemasons
called also Masonry
2
: natural fellowship based on some common experience
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But the 1903 stash held no dramatic insights into freemasonry—just old newspapers, Scottish Rite publications and $500 of Confederate currency.
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Charles Warren went looking for the secrets of freemasonry and instead found the city’s ancient water network, a more successful enquiry than his subsequent pursuit of Jack the Ripper.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
The document includes information on British Jewish organizations, strategic locations, maps, parliament, private schools, freemasonry and photos of persons of interest, particularly foreign nationals who had fled the Nazis.
—Fox News, 14 Sep. 2019
La Grange was the site of the Kentucky Masonic College, a center for freemasonry and home to Rob Morris who founded the Order of the Eastern Star.
—The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2017
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Charles Warren went looking for the secrets of freemasonry and instead found the city’s ancient water network, a more successful enquiry than his subsequent pursuit of Jack the Ripper.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
The document includes information on British Jewish organizations, strategic locations, maps, parliament, private schools, freemasonry and photos of persons of interest, particularly foreign nationals who had fled the Nazis.
—Fox News, 14 Sep. 2019
La Grange was the site of the Kentucky Masonic College, a center for freemasonry and home to Rob Morris who founded the Order of the Eastern Star.
—The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2017
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“Freemasonry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freemasonry. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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