Grand Lodge

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Masonic governing body Masonic organization

A Grand Lodge is the central governing body that oversees and regulates the activities, rituals, and membership of subordinate Masonic lodges within a specific jurisdiction.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
United Grand Lodge of England 4
Grand Lodges 3
Grand Lodge of Ireland 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Masonic governing body ⓘ
Masonic organization ⓘ
adopts Masonic bylaws ⓘ
Masonic constitution ⓘ
canRecognize regular Grand Lodges ⓘ
canRevoke lodge charters ⓘ
canWithholdRecognitionFrom irregular Grand Lodges ⓘ
governs Masonic jurisdiction ⓘ
grants warrants to form new lodges ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver craft lodges ⓘ
symbolic lodges ⓘ
hasFunction enforcement of Masonic constitutions and bylaws ⓘ
issuance of charters to lodges ⓘ
maintenance of Masonic landmarks ⓘ
regulation of Masonic membership ⓘ
regulation of Masonic rituals ⓘ
hasOfficer Deputy Grand Master ⓘ
Grand Chaplain ⓘ
Grand Marshal ⓘ
Grand Secretary ⓘ
Grand Treasurer ⓘ
Grand Tyler ⓘ
Junior Warden ⓘ
surface form: Junior Grand Warden

Senior Grand Warden ⓘ
hasType national Grand Lodge ⓘ
provincial Grand Lodge ⓘ
state Grand Lodge ⓘ
Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: territorial Grand Lodge
headedBy Worshipful Master ⓘ
surface form: Grand Master
holds annual communication ⓘ
special communications ⓘ
isPartOf Freemasons ⓘ
surface form: Freemasonry
languageUsed varies by country ⓘ
mayBe independent of civil government ⓘ
sovereign within its jurisdiction ⓘ
meetsAt Grand Lodge communication ⓘ
operatesIn specific territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
oversees subordinate Masonic lodges ⓘ
recognizes other Grand Lodges ⓘ
regulates subordinate Masonic lodges ⓘ
relatedTo Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grand Lodge of Ireland

Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grand Lodge of Scotland

Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grand Lodges of U.S. states

Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United Grand Lodge of England
sets standards for Masonic membership ⓘ
standards for Masonic ritual practice ⓘ
standards for lodge governance ⓘ
uses Masonic ritual ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: United Grand Lodge of England
this entity surface form: Grand Lodges
Grand Treasurer → hasEmployer → Grand Lodge ⓘ
Freemasons → hasGoverningBody → Grand Lodge ⓘ
Freemasons → hasGoverningBody → Grand Lodge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Orient
Freemasons → hasKeyEvent → Grand Lodge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union of the Grand Lodges in England in 1813
this entity surface form: Grand Lodges
Grand Secretary → hasTitleVariant → Grand Lodge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Lodge Secretary
Grand Lodge → hasType → Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: territorial Grand Lodge
Grand Secretary → isElectedBy → Grand Lodge ⓘ
Grand Secretary → isPartOf → Grand Lodge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masonic Grand Lodge
Grand Treasurer → isPartOf → Grand Lodge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Lodge hierarchy
this entity surface form: Grand Lodges
Senior Grand Warden → partOf → Grand Lodge ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Grand Lodge of England
this entity surface form: Grand Lodge of Scotland
this entity surface form: Grand Lodge of Ireland
Regular Freemasonry → recognizedBy → Grand Lodge ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Grand Lodge of England
Masonic lodges → regulatedBy → Grand Lodge ⓘ
subject surface form: Masonic lodge
Grand Lodge → relatedTo → Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Grand Lodge of England
Grand Lodge → relatedTo → Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Lodge of Scotland
Grand Lodge → relatedTo → Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Lodge of Ireland
Grand Lodge → relatedTo → Grand Lodge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Lodges of U.S. states
Grand Treasurer → reportsTo → Grand Lodge ⓘ
Grand Treasurer → servesIn → Grand Lodge ⓘ