Freemasonry
['fri:,meisənri]
Definition
(noun.) Freemasons collectively.
(noun.) a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests; 'he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press'.
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Definition
(n.) The institutions or the practices of freemasons.
Inputed by Augustine
Examples
- Well, the snuff, then, and the Freemasonry? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is a wonderful sympathy and freemasonry among horsey men. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Fable and imagination have traced back the origin of freemasonry to the Roman Empire, to the Pharaohs, the Temple of Solomon, the Tower of Babel, and even to the building of Noah’s ark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The spirit of Jesus, for all the doctrinal dissensions that prevailed, made a great freemasonry throughout and even beyond the limits of the empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In her tone, she made the understanding clear--they were of the same kind, he and she, a sort of diabolic freemasonry subsisted between them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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