Grand Master

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The Grand Master is the supreme leader or highest-ranking authority within a chivalric, religious, or fraternal order, overseeing its governance and senior officers.

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Grand Master canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf leadership role
position of authority
title
associatedWith chivalric traditions
fraternal traditions
religious traditions
canBeHeadOf Grand Lodge
surface form: Masonic grand lodge

military order
monastic order
ceremonialRoleIncludes presiding over chapters
presiding over investitures
representing the order externally
etymologyDerivedFrom Latin magnus magister (great master)
hasAlternativeForm Grandmaster
hasAuthorityOver members of the order
hasDefinition supreme leader or highest‑ranking authority within an order
hasJurisdictionOver territories of the order
hasPowerTo admit new members
convene chapters or assemblies
expel members
issue decrees or ordinances
promote members
hasRank highest rank in the order
hasSubordinateOffice Grand Chancellor
Grand Commander
Grand Prior of France (Order of Malta)
surface form: Grand Prior

Grand Secretary
Grand Treasurer
historicallyFoundIn medieval Europe
isLeaderOf chivalric order
fraternal order
religious order
mayBeAppointedBy governing council of the order
sovereign
mayBeElectedBy chapter of the order
mayHoldTitle Grand Master of the Order
Most Worshipful Grand Master
Sovereign Grand Master
oversees governance of the order
senior officers of the order
responsibleFor administration of the order
enforcement of rules and statutes
strategic direction of the order
roleIncludes maintaining discipline
managing temporal goods of the order
safeguarding the order’s charism or mission
usedInLanguage English

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