The Universal Language of Freemasonry - ArchiMeD - Johannes ...

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Chapter 6 - Peculiarities of Masonic Language
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Not only in Freemasonry for men, but also in the androgynous Masonic
orders and in the youth orders we can detect wordplays. They are mostly to be
found separated from the ritualistic language in prose and poetry books,
however, one wordplay, an acrostic, could be located in the ritualistic ceremony
itself: Thus, in the ritual of the Job's Daughters, at the end of the Third Epoch of
the initiation ceremony, the Honored Queen states the signification of the aim
and name of the order, attributing a virtue to each of the initials of the name of
the order:
J - Joy with judgement.
O - Order being our first law.
B - Beautiful and gracious in manner.
S - Sincere in undertaking.
D - Domineering over self.
A - Abstain from appearance of evil.
U - Upward and onward.
G - God's name held in reverence.
H - Hope never faileth.
T - Truth always spoken.
E - Eager for knowledge.
R - Reaching toward the best.
S - Steadfast and upright, we will face life squarely for
future success. 1233
For comparison, here is another acrostic playing on the tenets of Freemasonry
as symbolized by the single letters of the word "Masonry," which has been
published in many Masonic works, and is also to be found in the GHCDF:
M. - Magnitude, moderation, and magnanimity.
A. - Affability, affection, and attention.
S. - Silence, secrecy, and sincerity.
O. - Obedience, order, œconomy.
N. - Noble, natural, and neighbourly.
R. - Rational, reciprocal, and receptive.
Y. - Yielding, yearning, and Yare. [sic] 1234
1233 Ritual of International Order of Job's Daughters, 1945, p. 85.