单词 | master mason |
释义 | master masonn. 1. A skilled mason, esp. one who employs other workers; a mason who designs buildings or oversees their construction. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > fully qualified master mason1370 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > mason who employs workmen master mason1370 1370 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 182 (MED) Yf any mane dwell fra ye loge..he sall be chastyde with abatyng of his payment atte ye loking ande devys of ye maistyr masonn. ?c1390 in D. Knoop et al. Early Masonic Catechisms (1963) 108 Þe maystur mason moste be ful securly Boþe stedefast trusty, and trwe. 1428 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 6 Mason's weages with maistre mason's rewarde £5 9 2. 1491 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 61 That thair maister masoun and the laif of his collegis and seruandis of thair kirk wark..keip thair seruice. 1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete (1562) 53 In buyldinges there bee maister masons and carpenters which do devise the worke. 1697 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles ii. 89 Gifts to be the King's Master-Printer, Master-Mason, Master-Wright, Bower, Sclater [etc.]. 1729 E. Fenton Observ. Waller's Poems in E. Waller Wks. p. xxx/1 Stone, who was master-mason to King Charles I. 1898 Engin. Mag. 16 65 He is often assisted by..a master carpenter, master mason, and track-supervisors, the latter having charge of the track on a sub-division of the line. 1937 Burlington Mag. Jan. 50/2 The master-mason responsible for the sculptural decoration of the building. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 20 Master-masons were directing the work on the larger churches. 1988 Antique Winter 62/2 More than any other cathedral Gloucester makes one respect the sheer engineering skill of the medieval master-masons. 2001 C. Hope Heaven Forbid xv. 135 ‘Martin the master mason,’ my grandpa said. ‘Wherever you look..he's thrown up another dwelling.’ 2. Freemasonry. Chiefly with capital initials. A fully qualified Freemason, who has passed the third degree; (also) †the mason who has the position of master in a lodge (obsolete).The 17th-cent. Scottish lodges in which modern Freemasonry appears to have developed distinguished two grades, apprentices and fellow crafts, otherwise called masters. The grade of master became distinct from fellow craft in the lodge of Edinburgh in the late 17th cent. (see D. Stevenson Origins of Freemasonry (1988) 151). ΘΚΠ 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 1696 in D. Knoop et al. Early Masonic Catech. (1943) 34 All the signes and words as yet spoken of are only what belong to the entered apprentice, But to be a master mason or fellow craft there is more to be done. 1737 S. Prichard Masonry Dissected (ed. 7) 25 Q. Are you a Master-Mason? A. I am; try me, prove me, disprove me if you can. 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 624/2 Having voted the oldest master-mason then present into the chair, constituted themselves a grand-lodge. 1814 J. B. Scott Diary Dec. in E. Mann Englishman at Home & Abroad (1930) vii. 163 On the 15th December I was passed ‘Fellow Craft and raised Master Mason’ at the Free Mason Lodge No. 515. 1946 G. Stimpson Thousand Things 80 A Master Mason is a Freemason who has taken the third degree. 1984 S. Knight Brotherhood 2 The vast majority of Freemasons rise no higher than Master Mason, and most are under the impression that there are no higher degrees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1370 |
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