Freemasons

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The Freemasons are a centuries-old fraternal organization known for its secretive rituals, symbolic traditions, and influential networks across politics, culture, and society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fraternal organization ⓘ
initiatory society ⓘ
secret society ⓘ
allowsText Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
hasActivity Community service ⓘ
Moral instruction through allegory ⓘ
Philanthropy ⓘ
Social networking ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Freemasons ⓘ
surface form: Freemasonry

Masonic fraternity ⓘ
hasBeliefRequirement Belief in a Supreme Being ⓘ
Belief in the immortality of the soul ⓘ
hasCharitableArm Masonic charities ⓘ
Masonic children’s hospitals ⓘ
Masonic homes for the aged ⓘ
Shriners International ⓘ
hasControversy Accusations of political influence ⓘ
Accusations of secrecy and elitism ⓘ
Conspiracy theories about world domination ⓘ
Religious opposition from some churches ⓘ
hasCoreUnit Masonic lodge ⓘ
hasDegree Entered Apprentice ⓘ
Fellowcraft ⓘ
Master Mason ⓘ
hasDocument Anderson’s Constitutions of 1723 ⓘ
Book of Constitutions ⓘ
Landmarks of Freemasonry ⓘ
hasGeographicOrigin England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
hasGoverningBody Grand Lodge ⓘ
Grand Lodge ⓘ
surface form: Grand Orient
hasHigherDegree Knights Templar ⓘ
surface form: Knight Templar

Royal Arch Masonry (in many systems) ⓘ
surface form: Royal Arch Mason

Scottish Rite degrees ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Rite 32°

Scottish Rite degrees ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Rite 33°
hasHistoricalRoot Medieval stonemasons’ guilds ⓘ
Operative masonry ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Architecture of lodge buildings ⓘ
Civic associations ⓘ
Enlightenment thought ⓘ
Philanthropic organizations ⓘ
Revolutionary-era political culture ⓘ
Symbolism in popular culture ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Anti-Masonic movement in the United States in the 1820s ⓘ
Formation of the Premier Grand Lodge of England in 1717 ⓘ
Spread to North America in the 18th century ⓘ
Suppression under totalitarian regimes in the 20th century ⓘ
Grand Lodge ⓘ
surface form: Union of the Grand Lodges in England in 1813
hasLanguageOfRitual Symbolic language ⓘ
hasMeetingPlace Masonic hall ⓘ
Masonic Temple (Chicago) ⓘ
surface form: Masonic temple
hasMemberDesignation Brother ⓘ
Freemasons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Freemason

Mason ⓘ
hasMembershipPolicy Traditionally male-only in most jurisdictions ⓘ
hasMotto Brotherly Love, Relief, Truth ⓘ
hasOppositionFrom Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Some evangelical Protestant groups ⓘ
hasOrigin Early 17th century ⓘ
Late 16th century ⓘ
hasPolicy Prohibition on discussing partisan politics in lodge ⓘ
Prohibition on discussing sectarian religion in lodge ⓘ
Secrecy of signs, tokens, and words ⓘ
hasPractice Allegorical lectures ⓘ
Charitable fundraising ⓘ
Lodge meetings in tiled (closed) form ⓘ
Masonic funeral rites ⓘ
Use of passwords ⓘ
Use of ritualized signs ⓘ
Use of secret handshakes ⓘ
hasRelatedOrganization Continental Freemasonry ⓘ
surface form: Co-Freemasonry

DeMolay International ⓘ
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls ⓘ
Job’s Daughters International ⓘ
Order of the Eastern Star ⓘ
Women-only Masonic orders ⓘ
hasRite Emulation Rite ⓘ
French Rite ⓘ
Scottish Rite degrees ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Rite

Swedish Rite ⓘ
York Rite Craft Masonry ⓘ
surface form: York Rite
hasSacredText Volume of the Sacred Law ⓘ
hasScope International ⓘ
hasSymbol Eye of Providence ⓘ
surface form: All-seeing eye

Letter G ⓘ
Level ⓘ
Perfect ashlar ⓘ
Jachin ⓘ
surface form: Pillars Boaz and Jachin

Plumb rule ⓘ
Rough ashlar ⓘ
Square and Compasses ⓘ
Trowel ⓘ
hasTheme First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Building of King Solomon’s Temple

Legend of Hiram Abiff ⓘ
Moral architecture of the self ⓘ
hasVirtue Brotherly love ⓘ
Charity ⓘ
Fraternity ⓘ
Moral improvement ⓘ
Relief ⓘ
Tolerance ⓘ
Truth ⓘ
transitionedTo Speculative masonry ⓘ
usesRitual Initiation ceremony ⓘ
Obligation on a volume of sacred law ⓘ
Passing ceremony ⓘ
Raising ceremony ⓘ

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

Grand Lodge → isPartOf → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Junior Warden → associatedWithOrganization → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
pillars Boaz and Jachin → associatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
subject surface form: Boaz and Jachin
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Fellowcraft → associatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Fellowcraft → isDegreeOf → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speculative Freemasonry
Nazism → targetsGroup → Freemasons ⓘ
Pierre Bezukhov → joins → Freemasons ⓘ
Joseph Warren → memberOf → Freemasons ⓘ
Tyler → isAssociatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Tyler → isRoleIn → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blue_lodge
Pope Pius VII → condemned → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Temple of the Scottish Rite, Washington, D.C. → religiousTradition → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Junior Deacon → religiousTradition → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Eye of Providence → isAssociatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Eye of Providence → isUsedBy → Freemasons ⓘ
Freemasons → hasAlternativeName → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Freemasons → hasMemberDesignation → Freemasons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemason
legend of Hiram Abiff (in most traditions) → associatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
subject surface form: legend of Hiram Abiff
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Royal Arch Masonry (in many systems) → associatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Arch Masonry
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Scottish Rite degrees → associatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Senior Grand Warden → affiliatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Grand Secretary → hasDomain → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Grand Marshal → hasRoleIn → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Grand Treasurer → isAssociatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Grand Tyler → roleIn → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Rosslyn Chapel → associatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Masonic iconography → usedBy → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
York Rite Craft Masonry → isRelatedTo → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blue Lodge Masonry
Prince Hall Freemasonry → religiousTradition → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Masonic Cemetery, Metropolis, Illinois, United States → namedAfter → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Filiki Eteria → inspiredBy → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Rosicrucianism → associatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Humanum Genus → condemns → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Giuseppe Garibaldi → memberOf → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Kelly Rowland → associatedAct → Freemasons ⓘ
Pope Clement XII → condemned → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Shriners’ Yaarab Temple mosque → associatedWith → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Ordo Templi Orientis → influencedBy → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn → influencedBy → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James's Lodge, Tarbolton → theme → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York → religion → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Southern Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite → religiousTradition → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Southern Jurisdiction, Scottish Rite → affiliation → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry in the United States
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction → religiousAffiliation → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Carbonari → inspiredBy → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry
Shriners International → religiousAffiliation → Freemasons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freemasonry