| 单词 | mark degree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmark degree mark degree n. see sense 14c. mark degree c. Freemasonry. [After the device or sign chosen by stonemasons as their identifying mark on admission as full members of their craft; although sometimes said to refer to the ‘mark’ of twelve stones left by the Children of Israel to commemorate their achievement in crossing the River Jordan and entering the Promised Land (Joshua 4).] A masonic degree immediately above that of free and accepted mason; also more fully mark degree. Frequently attributive designating a holder of this degree, as mark (master) mason, or a masonic institution relating to this degree, as mark lodge. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [adjective] > relating to freemasonry > grade of mark1769 superexcellent1798 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > the Freemasons > member > type of member or official fellow-craft1696 master mason1696 grand master1722 master1722 wardena1723 pass-master1762 mark (master) mason1769 superexcellent1796 markman1853 Templar1859 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > the Freemasons > type of lodge mark lodge1898 1769 Minutes Portsmouth Chapter of Friendship 1 Sept. in F. L. Pick & G. N. Knight Pocket Hist. Freemasonry (1953) xiv. 262 (mod. transcript from original cipher) Having lately rec'd the ‘Mark’ he made the bre'n ‘Mark Masons’ and ‘Mark Masters’. 1853 G. Oliver Dict. Symbolical Masonry at Mark Masons The degree of Mark-Master Mason may be considered as appendant to that of Fellow Craft, although entirely distinct..from it. 1862 Builder 1 Nov. 784/3 Gunn, who had cut out the cup, was a good mark-mason... Referring to mark-masonry, Mr. Gowans said [etc.]. 1898 Daily News 25 Oct. 2/1 There was a distinguished gathering of Mark Master Masons at Windsor yesterday, when the Grand Mark Master of England, the Prince of Wales, having issued a warrant for a new Mark Lodge to be established at Windsor, the consecration took place at the Masonic Hall. 1913 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics vi. 102/2 Organizations calling themselves Masonic,..most being of quite modern growth. Among them may be mentioned..the Mark Masons, who are very flourishing in England. 1953 F. L. Pick & G. N. Knight Pocket Hist. Freemasonry xiv. 264 In Scotland and Ireland the position differed from England, the Mark being required as a qualification for the Royal Arch, which was recognised officially by neither Grand Lodge. 1982 Amer. Q. 34 548 The existence of Mark Masters Lodges, three Royal Arch chapters, and an Encampment of Knights Templar testified to interest in the fraternity's more elevated branches. 1983 F. Smyth Pick & Knight's Pocket Hist. Freemasonry (ed. 7) xi. 218 The status of the Mark degree in English Freemasonry has been emphasized by its royal Grand Masters. < as lemmas |
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