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KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE TEMPLE.
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH GRADE OF THE ANCIENT AND
ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE, AND THE NINTH DEGREE
OF THE HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SERIES
LODGES, FURNITURE, ETC.
Bodies of this chivalric degree are styled Chapters.
The hangings are scarlet, with black columns at inter-
vals, on each of which is an arm or branch, holding a
light. The hangings and columns are so arranged as to
make the shape of the Chapter a circle.
The canopy and throne are of scarlet, sprinkled with
black tears.
In front of the East is a candelabrum, with three
circles of lights, one above the other. In the lowest
circle are twelve lights ; in the middle one nine ; and in
the upper one six.
In the centre of the room is a very large round table,
on which are five lamps, with globular shades of ground
glass, arranged in the shape of a passion-cross, the ver-
tical shaft extending East and West, the head of the
cross to the East. These lamps must be fed with olive