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  2. Freemasonry - Wikipedia

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    Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) [1] [2] [3] or simply Masonry includes various fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

  3. Freemasonry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Freemasonry in the United States is the history of Freemasonry as it was introduced from Britain and continues as a major secret society to the present day. It is a fraternal order that brings men together (and women through its auxiliaries) to gain friendship and opportunity for advancement and community progress.

  4. List of Masonic Grand Lodges - Wikipedia

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    This Masonic organization, formed by Grand Lodges and Grand Orient of the American continent, was created in Santiago de Chile in order to serve as a nexus and union of the Liberal and adogmatic, male, female and mixed Obediences that aim at the work of individual perfection with absolute freedom of conscience.

  5. Masonic lodge - Wikipedia

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    A Masonic lodge, also called a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. ... Organization Plaque of Lodge ...

  6. List of Freemasons - Wikipedia

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    This page provides links to alphabetized lists of notable Freemasons. Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation which exists in a number of forms worldwide. Throughout history some members of the fraternity have made no secret of their involvement, while others have not made their membership public.

  7. Masonic bodies - Wikipedia

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    The Society of Blue Friars, also known as S.B.F., is a unique Masonic organization established in 1932 with the explicit purpose of recognizing Masonic authors. It is widely regarded as one of the smallest and most distinctive appendant bodies within Freemasonry.

  8. History of Freemasonry - Wikipedia

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    The history of Freemasonry encompasses the origins, evolution and defining events of the fraternal organisation known as Freemasonry.It covers three phases. Firstly, the emergence of organised lodges of operative masons during the Middle Ages, then the admission of lay members as "accepted" (a term reflecting the ceremonial "acception" process that made non-stone masons members of an operative ...

  9. Category:Masonic organizations - Wikipedia

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    S. Scottish Rite; Selskabet Kjæden; Shriners; Societas Rosicruciana; Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia; Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Fœderatis; Society of Blue Friars