| 单词 | operative mason |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoperative mason operative mason n. Freemasonry (the masonic term for) a stonemason. ΚΠ 1731 S. Prichard Masonry Dissected (ed. 4) 6 In these latter days Masonry is not composed of artificers, as it was in its primæval state, when some few catechetical questions were necessary to declare a man sufficiently qualified for an Operative Mason. a1826 W. Morgan Illustr. Masonry (?1851) 21 The twenty-four inch gauge is an instrument made use of by operative Masons to measure and lay out their work, but we, as free and accepted Masons, make use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose of dividing our time. 2002 This is Local London (Nexis) 24 May Freemasons took the operative mason's tools as symbols for their moral code. < as lemmas |
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