Masonic lodges

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Masonic lodges are local organizational units of Freemasonry that serve as fraternal, ritual, and social centers for members, historically influential in intellectual and civic life, especially during the Enlightenment era.

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instanceOf Masonic body
fraternal organization unit
local organizational unit
aimsAt brotherhood among members
charitable support of community
moral improvement of members
developedFrom medieval stonemasons’ guild traditions
emergedInCentury 17th century
governedBy Masonic constitution
lodge bylaws
hasActivity Masonic education
charitable work
degree conferrals
ritual meetings
social events
hasDegree Entered Apprentice
Fellowcraft
Master Mason
hasMemberRequirement belief in a Supreme Being (in most jurisdictions)
good moral character
initiation
male membership (in most mainstream jurisdictions)
hasOfficer Junior Deacon
Junior Warden
Secretary
Senior Deacon
Senior Warden
Treasurer
Tyler
hasRole educational center
fraternal center
philanthropic center
ritual center
social center
hasSymbol checkerboard floor
letter G (in some jurisdictions)
pillars Boaz and Jachin
square and compasses
headedBy Worshipful Master
historicallyInfluentialIn Enlightenment intellectual life
bourgeois sociability in the 18th century
civic life
languageOfRitual allegory
symbolism
meetsIn Masonic lodges self-linksurface differs
surface form: Masonic temple

lodge room
partOf Masonic lodges self-linksurface differs
surface form: Freemasonry
practices Masonic rituals
regulatedBy Grand Lodge
subordinateTo Masonic lodges self-linksurface differs
surface form: Grand Lodge
uses Masonic symbolism

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Age of Enlightenment associatedWith Masonic lodges
Masonic lodges partOf Masonic lodges self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Masonic lodge
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Masonic lodges meetsIn Masonic lodges self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Masonic lodge
this entity surface form: Masonic temple
Masonic lodges subordinateTo Masonic lodges self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Masonic lodge
this entity surface form: Grand Lodge
Paul Revere memberOf Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Freemasons
Master Mason partOf Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Blue Lodge degrees
Master Mason associatedWithOrganization Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Masonic lodge
Worshipful Master titleUsedIn Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Blue Lodge Freemasonry
Entered Apprentice practicedIn Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Blue Lodges
Fellowcraft conferredIn Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Masonic lodge
Russian Enlightenment hasPart Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Freemasonry in Russia
Maître Maçon (French) associatedWith Masonic lodges
subject surface form: Maître Maçon
this entity surface form: Blue Lodge Freemasonry
Grand Marshal hasRoleIn Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Masonic lodge
Senior Warden presentInOrganization Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Blue Lodge Freemasonry
Masonic charities fundedBy Masonic lodges
Masonic homes for the aged fundedBy Masonic lodges
Book of Constitutions usedBy Masonic lodges
DeMolay International associatedWith Masonic lodges
Masonic degrees usedIn Masonic lodges
30° Knight Kadosh requiresMembershipIn Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Craft (Blue) Lodge Freemasonry
Craft Freemasonry organizationalUnit Masonic lodges
this entity surface form: Masonic lodge