Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people. / The institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons. / Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons.

The institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.

plural of freemasonry

A form of Freemasonry that allows women, as well as men, to be members.

(Freemasonry) Freemasonry in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Empire, the Commonwealth of Nations, the United States of America, and the English-speaking world generally. It requires belief in God for membership and is apolitical, in contrast to Grand Orient Freemasonry in Romance-language countries.

The largest branch of Freemasonry in France.