as Masonic bodies, Masonic orders, Concordant bodies or appendant bodies of Freemasonry. The terms “Appendant body” and “Rite or Concordant body” in...

organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual...

sharing jurisdictions in the United States. They represent the main bodies of Masonic governance in the United States, though both have experienced significant...

discrepancy has sparked ongoing debates within the Masonic community in Mexico. Among the numerous Masonic bodies in the country, one notable exception stands...

A Masonic Temple or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a Masonic Lodge meets. Masonic Temple may also refer to an abstract...

exceptions, Masonic rites are most of the time under the control of a Grand Lodges for the first three degrees then under the control of a concordant body for...

A Masonic lodge, also called a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also a commonly used term for...

Masonic ritual is the scripted words and actions that are spoken or performed during the degree work in a Masonic lodge. Masonic symbolism is that which...

of governmental power That there is a centralized worldwide body that controls all Masonic Grand Lodges, and thus, all of Freemasonry worldwide acts in...

associated separate bodies, some of which are mentioned above, which are "Masonic" in character, but not Masonic in their content. These bodies, together with...