Freemason
Apron-wearing initiate
A Freemason is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, a fraternal organization with roots in medieval stonemasons' guilds.
Freemasons meet in lodges, use elaborate rituals and symbols, and emphasize moral self-improvement and charitable work.
The organization's secrecy has made it a perennial subject of conspiracy theories.
His grandfather was a Freemason for fifty years.
Temporary woodland dwelling
- brotherMale with shared parents
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- membershipState of belonging
- Grand MasterHighest ceremonial rank holder
chapter · fellowship · ritual · oath · handshake · apron · degree · apprentice
Bishop's principal church
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- operativeCovert field agent
speculative · Solomon · Hiram Abiff · Knights Templar · Enlightenment · founding fathers · Washington · Franklin
Rhombus with right angles
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- all-seeing eyeSymbol of omniscient observation
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
- pillarsLoad-bearing vertical structures
trowel · plumb · level · G · pentagram · sun · moon · checkered floor
Alleged secret elite
- secret societyCovert fraternal organization
- cabalScheming political faction
- hiddenKept out of sight
- powerEnergy transfer rate
elite · shadow government · occult · mystery · cover-up · influence · control · Dan Brown
Generous giving for others
- orphanageInstitution housing parentless children
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- ShrinersMasonic charitable fraternity
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
charity · benevolence · relief · widows · community · donation · fundraising · children
lodge
Temporary woodland dwelling
- brotherMale with shared parents
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- membershipState of belonging
Grand Master · chapter · fellowship · ritual · oath · handshake · apron · degree · apprentice · journeyman
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
operative · speculative · Solomon · Hiram Abiff · Knights Templar · Enlightenment · founding fathers · Washington · Franklin · Mozart
square
Rhombus with right angles
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- all-seeing eyeSymbol of omniscient observation
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
pillars · trowel · plumb · level · G · pentagram · sun · moon · checkered floor · acacia
Illuminati
Alleged secret elite
- secret societyCovert fraternal organization
- cabalScheming political faction
- hiddenKept out of sight
power · elite · shadow government · occult · mystery · cover-up · influence · control · Dan Brown · symbols
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- orphanageInstitution housing parentless children
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- ShrinersMasonic charitable fraternity
scholarship · charity · benevolence · relief · widows · community · donation · fundraising · children · burns
- membersmember, club member, team member, board member, family member
- fraternal orderslodge, lodges, Shriner, fraternal order, fraternal lodge
- masonrybrick, bricks, stone, mortar, cement
- oath-boundsworn brother, blood brother, juror, witness
Freemasonoutsider
One excluded from group
non-member · profane · uninitiated · layperson · loner
Freemasonstonemason
One who shapes rock
trade unionist · craftsman · manual laborer · journeyman · blue-collar worker