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freemason [ˈfriːˌmeɪsən] n (Historical Terms) Medieval history a member of a guild of itinerant skilled stonemasons, who had a system of secret signs and passwords with which they recognized each other freemasonic [ˌfriːməˈsɒnɪk] adj Freemason [ˈfriːˌmeɪsən] n
a member of the widespread secret order, constituted in London in 1717, of Free and Accepted Masons, pledged to brotherly love, faith, and charity Sometimes shortened to Mason Freemasonic [ˌfriːməˈsɒnɪk] adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"But he must be a Freemason," said he, referring to the abbe whom he had met that evening. Mr Boffin, as if he were about to have his portrait painted, or to be electrified, or to be made a Freemason, or to be placed at any other solitary disadvantage, ascended the rostrum prepared for him. Saradine was a French freemason and a fierce atheist, and a priest moved him by the law of contraries. |
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