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 temple
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lodge room
partOf Freemasonry
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practices Masonic rituals
regulatedBy Grand Lodge
subordinateTo Grand Lodge
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uses Masonic symbolism

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Age of Enlightenment associatedWith Masonic lodges
Masonic lodge partOf Freemasonry
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Masonic lodge meetsIn Masonic temple
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Masonic lodge subordinateTo Grand Lodge
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Paul Revere memberOf Freemasons
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Master Mason partOf Blue Lodge degrees
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Master Mason associatedWithOrganization Masonic lodge
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Worshipful Master titleUsedIn Blue Lodge Freemasonry
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Entered Apprentice practicedIn Blue Lodges
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Fellowcraft conferredIn Masonic lodge
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Russian Enlightenment hasPart Freemasonry in Russia
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Maître Maçon associatedWith Blue Lodge Freemasonry
subject linked to: Maître Maçon (French)
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Grand Marshal hasRoleIn Masonic lodge
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Senior Warden presentInOrganization Blue Lodge Freemasonry
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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 Craft (Blue) Lodge Freemasonry
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Craft Freemasonry organizationalUnit Masonic lodge
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