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5.9 Transcendental Terms
Chapter 5 - Technical Terminology
In Freemasonry, certain words are of transcendental or spiritual character,
extending beyond the limits of ordinary experience or comprehension, in contrast
to the material and empirical technical terms explained above.
N° Word Meaning
1 Mason's Word the principal if not the only secret of
consequence used in Scotland prior
to the Grand Lodge era (1717).
Doubtless the final test of a
Freemason, for a cowan was defined
as a "Mason without the Word" 1020
2 Lost Word represents Truth, Perfection, Light,
Divine Law, the Infinite. The Word
was lost in the Third Degree with the
death of Hiram Abiff 1021
3 Sacred Word term applied to the chief or most
prominent word of a degree, to
indicate its particularly sacred
character, in contradistinction to a
password, which is simply intended
as a mode of recognition. 1022
4 Secret Word password ("All significant words in
Masonry are secret.") 1023
5 Substitute Word Was given to the Masons in
exchange for the "Lost Word." Cf.
Third Degree ritual.
6 True Word about the same as "Lost Word" 1024
1020 Cf. CME, p. 690.
1021 Cf. ibid, p. 691.
1022 MD, p. 673.
1023 Ibid.
1024 Cf. CME, p. 690/691.