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Ashlar (/ ˈ æ ʃ l ər /) is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones.
Rubble masonry or rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such as brick or ashlar . Some medieval cathedral walls have outer shells of ashlar with an inner backfill of mortarless rubble and dirt.
Operative Masonry or The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers and Bricklayers or simply The Operatives is a fraternal guild claiming a history of hundreds of years over which customs, traditions, knowledge and practices were developed and handed down. It is an invitation only, Masonic society ...
[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 ...
The Adonhiramite Rite is a Masonic system consisting of 33 grades or degrees, The founding of the Adonhiramite Rite is traditionally attributed to Louis Guillerman Saint-Victor, a French Freemason who, in 1781, published the first significant work on the rite, entitled "Recueil Précieux de la Maçonnerie Adonhiramite" (Precious Compilation of Adonhiramite Freemasonry). [1]
At the formation of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) in 1813, the various Masonic rituals then in use in England and Wales were standardized under the supervision of the Duke of Sussex. [3] A new Masonic ritual for use by UGLE was worked out by the "Lodge of Reconciliation" and it was soon realized that the system of Lectures would also ...
Rough & perfect ashlar, Neolithic period, Mongolian Culture, 粗幼石塊, 新石器時代, 14.7 cm, 01 n 23.jpg Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page . — Community Tech bot ( talk ) 03:45, 4 July 2022 (UTC) [ reply ]
Except for rare exceptions, Masonic rites are most of the time under the control of Grand Lodges for the first three degrees then under the control of a concordant body for any upper degrees. [2] [3] The most practiced rite in the world from the Entered Apprentice degree is the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. [4]