master mason
Skilled stone worker
A master mason is a skilled craftsman who has achieved the highest rank in the stonemason trade, qualified to train apprentices and oversee construction projects.
The term also denotes the third and highest degree in Freemasonry, the fraternal organization that borrowed its symbolism from medieval stonemasons' guilds: He was raised to Master Mason last spring.
- lodgeTemporary woodland dwelling
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- FreemasonryFraternal order with lodges
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- degreeUnit of measurement
chisel · trowel · compass · craftsman · Hiram Abiff · King Solomon · keystone · square · quarry · stone carving · ashlar · cornerstone · ritual · symbolism · plumb line · sacred geometry · mortar · cathedral
- masonrybrick, bricks, stone, mortar, cement
- FreemasonryMasons, Freemasons, Freemasonry, lodge, lodges
- lodge ritualsopening ritual, closing ritual, obligation, oath taking, passing
master masonapprentice
Learner bound to employer
journeyman · novice · beginner · trainee · greenhorn
master masonsubordinate
One lower in rank
underling · assistant · day laborer · laborer · worker