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Chapter 5 - Technical Terminology
16 demit withdrawal of brother from lodge
17 due form vs. ample
form
lodge service performed under
deputies of Grand Master vs. lodge
service under Grand Master
18 due guard special attitude of candidate
19 emergency 780 , case lodge decisions made before
of ~
required time has elapsed
20 firing Masonic custom of giving toasts
21 good standing (in ~) Mason of a just and legally
constituted lodge who pays dues
22 heal 781 making an illegal lodge action
legal
23 labor ritualistic lodge work
24 lawful information vouching for a candidate
25 Lion's Paw 782 mode of recognition
26 making Masons at conferring several degrees to a
sight
brother at the same time
27 obligation solemn promise of admission
28 purge the lodge free the lodge of profanes
29 refreshment recess of lodge
30 retrogradation special travels through lodge room
31 squaring special travels through lodge room
32 travels march through lodge room
1. Affiliation
The EOF interprets an affiliated Mason as a brother holding membership in
some Lodge, deriving this word from the French "affilier," and defines it,
according to a quotation from a French dictionary, as meaning "to communicate
to any one a participation in the spiritual benefits of a religious order". 783 This is
a very general explanation. The EOF further states that this term is not to be
found in the ancient Masonic writers, who have used the word "admission"
instead of "affiliation." Further, it is mentioned that in the U.S., it is common to
use the term to designate a Mason who has joined a Lodge by demit, and here we
come closer to the explanations found in a French Masonic dictionary and in
CME. According to the DFM, "[c]e terme désigne l'adhésion d'un franc-maςon à
une loge régulière autre que celle qui l'a initié, cette dernière étant sa "logemère".
784 CME makes the corresponding observation that a Mason who has
780 For example of emergency meeting, see our chapter 15.1.1 on Masonry and theater.
781 For explanation, see our chapter 15.1.1 on Masonry and theater.
782 For explanation, see our chapter 4.6.8 on symbols.
783 EOF, p. 33/34.
784 DFM, p. 61.