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  2. York Rite - Wikipedia

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    The York Rite specifically is a collection of separate Masonic Bodies and associated Degrees that would otherwise operate independently. While the corresponding bodies and degrees are present worldwide, the term is primary used by American freemasons.

  3. Use of York - Wikipedia

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    While following the Roman Rite and the Sarum Use in main form, the Use of York had a number of distinctive features. In the celebration of Mass, before the proclamation of the Gospel the priest blessed the deacon with these words (in Latin): "May the Lord open thy mouth to read and our ears to understand God's holy Gospel of peace," whereupon the deacon answered: "Give, O Lord, a proper and ...

  4. Knights Templar (Freemasonry) - Wikipedia

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    In the York Rite system it is conferred before the Templar Degree; in the 'stand-alone' tradition it is conferred subsequently to the Templar Degree. It is known by varying degrees of formality as the Order of Malta , or the Order of Knights of Malta , or the Ancient and Masonic Order of St John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes, and Malta .

  5. Anti-Masonry - Wikipedia

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    Masonic. Masonic bodies; York Rite; Order of Mark Master Masons; Holy Royal Arch; Royal Arch Masonry; Cryptic Masonry; Knights Templar; Red Cross of Constantine

  6. Masonic bodies - Wikipedia

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    The York Rite, being the older of the two, which, aside from the craft lodge, comprises four separate and distinct bodies: the Royal Arch Chapter (Capitular Masonry), the Council of Royal & Select Masters (Cryptic Masonry), the Commandery of the Knights Templar, and the York Rite College. The York Rite also includes Priories of Knights of the ...

  7. Order of Royal and Select Masters - Wikipedia

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    The Order of Royal and Select Masters is an appendant order of Freemasonry and frequently referred to as 'Cryptic Degrees'. In England and Wales, the degrees are practiced as a stand-alone organisation of Freemasonry while in some other Masonic Constitutions, particularly in North America they, it is a part of the York Rite.

  8. Sacred prostitution - Wikipedia

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    The Hittites practiced sacred prostitution as part of a cult of deities, including the worship of a mated pair of deities, a bull god and a lion goddess, while in later days it was the mother-goddess who became prominent, representing fertility, and (in Phoenicia) the goddess who presided over human birth.

  9. Audience cults which have hardly any organization because participants/consumers lack significant involvement. Client cults, in which the service-providers exhibit a degree of organization in contrast to their clients. Client cults link into moderate-commitment social networks through which people exchange goods and services.