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  2. High Masonic degrees - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] Some tradition maintain that the third degree legend was part of the second degree, while some other claim that it was a mystery played during feasts. [5] Apprentice, Entered Apprentice or Apprentices to the Craft of Free Mason (first degree): This initial degree represented the beginning of a mason's journey, typically lasting ...

  3. Lectures of the Three Degrees in Craft Masonry - Wikipedia

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    The question and answer procedure was the traditional way in which Freemasons were instructed in Masonic ritual and symbolism before printed ritual books became more widely available. [1] Usually, the members of a Masonic Lodge would sit around a table and the Worshipful Master would ask set questions of each member in turn to test their ...

  4. List of Masonic rites - Wikipedia

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    In some cases, a Master Mason can be invited to join a different rite after having reached Mastery to further his knowledge. For a system of Masonic degrees to be named rite, it must encompass the first three blue lodge craft degrees, either as degrees within the rite or as a prerequisite for joining the rite. In essence, a Masonic rite ...

  5. Masonic bodies - Wikipedia

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    A masonic lodge confers the three masonic degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft (or Fellow Craft), and Master Mason. [4] [5] Whilst there is no degree in Freemasonry higher than that of Master Mason, there are additional degrees [6] that are offered only to those who are Master Masons. Most of these are supervised by their own "Grand ...

  6. Order of Mark Master Masons - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to Craft Freemasonry, Mark Masonry conveys moral and ethical lessons using a ritualised allegory based around the building of King Solomon's Temple.The ceremonies of Mark Masonry require the candidate to undertake the role of a Fellowcraft, thus the degree is seen as an extension of the Fellowcraft Degree, and the philosophical lessons conveyed are appropriate to that stage in a ...

  7. York Rite - Wikipedia

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    The Degree of Knight of St. Paul (incorporating the Mediterranean Pass) The Degree of Knight of Malta (Order of Malta) Membership is by invitation and candidates are required to be Master Masons, holders of the degree of the Holy Royal Arch and to sign a declaration that they profess the Doctrine of the Holy and Undivided Trinity.

  8. Royal Arch Masonry - Wikipedia

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    A Royal Arch Chapter is in many ways the same as a Lodge; it has officers and a ritual degree system, which in this case consists of four degrees: Mark Master Mason, Past Master (in some jurisdictions the degree is named Virtual Past Master, to distinguish those who have taken this degree in a Royal Arch Chapter from those who were installed as ...

  9. List of Masonic abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The dots are typically arranged in a triangular pattern and carry multiple layers of meaning within Masonic tradition. [2] The (∴) is used only for Masonic abbreviations, any non-masonic abbreviations must be written with a simple dot, as an example a date on a Masonic document could be written 6024 A∴L∴/2024 A.D.