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Clandestine Lodge . A body of Masons
uniting in a Lodge without the consent of a
Grand Lodge, or, although originally legally
constituted, continuing to work after its charter
has been revoked, is styled a "Clandestine
Lodge ." Neither Anderson nor Entick employ
the word. It was first used in the Book of
Constitutions in a note b Noortbouck, on
page 239 of his edition. (Constitutions, 1784 .)
regular Lodge would be the better term.
Clandestine Mason . One made in or
affiliated with a clandestine Lodge . With
clandestine Lodges or Masons, regular Masons
are forbidden to associate or converse on Masonic
subjects.
Clare, Martin . A London schoolmaster
and a celebrated Mason of England in the last
century . He was a man of some distinction in
literary circles, for he was a Fellow of the
Royal Society. He was a Grand Steward in
1734, Junior Grand Warden in 1735, and in
1741, Deputy Grand Master. He was distinguished
for zeal and intelligence in Mar
sonry and it has been pretty well established
that he was the author of A Defence of Masonry,
which was issued in 1730 in answer to
Prichard's Masonry Dissected, and which was
reproduced in the 1738 Edition of the Constitutions
. (Ars Quatuor Coronatorum vol .
iv ., 33-41 .) He translated into English a
work which had been published the preceding
year, in Dublin, under the title of Relation
Apologa',que et Historique de la Socltte des
Franc-Macons . In 1735, he delivered an address
before the Grand Lodge, which was
translated into French and German . He died
in 1751 .
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Clarence, H. R. H. the Duke of, afterward
King William IV., was initiated in
Lodge 86, Plymouth, on March 9, 1796.
Classification of Masons . Oliver says, in
his Dictionary of Symbolical Masonry (s. v.
Classes), that ancient Masonic tradition informs
us that the Speculative and Operative
Masons who were assembled at the building
of the Temple were arranged in nine classes,
under their respective Grand Masters ; viz .,
30,000 Entered Apprentices, under their
Grand Master Adoniram 80,000 Fellow-
Crafts, under Hiram Abif ; 2,000 Mark Men,
under Stolkyn ; 1,000 Master Masons, under
Mohabin ; 600 Mark Masters, under Ghiblim ;
24 Architects, under Joabert ; 12 Grand Architects,
under Adoniram ; 45 Excellent Masons,
under Hiram Abif • 9 Super-Excellent
Masons, under Tito Zacdok ; besides the Ish
Sabbal or laborers. The tradition is, however
rather apocryphal.
davel, F . T . Begue . An abbe . A French
Masonic writer, who published, in 1842, a
Histoire Pittoresque de la Franc-Magonnerie et
des Socittes Secretes Anciennes et Modernes .
This work contains a great amount of interesting
and valuable information, notwithstandmany
historical inaccuracies, especially in
erence to the Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite, of which the author was an adversary .
For the publication of the work without authority
he was suspended by the Grand Orient
for two months and condemned to pay a fine .
Clavel appealed' to the intelligence of the Fraternity
against thiss sentence . In 1844, he commenced
the publication of a Masonic Journal
called the Grand Orient, the title of which he
subsequently changed to the Orient. As he
had not obtained the consent of the Grand
Orient, he was again brought before that body,
and the sentence of perpetual exclusion from
the Grand Orient pronounced against him .
Rebold says that it was the act of a ,faction,
and obtained by unfair means . It was not
sustained by the judgment of the Craft in
France, with whom Clavel gained reputation
and popularity . Notwithstanding the Mar
sonic literary labors of Clavel, an account of
the time of his birth or of his death, appears
to be obscure . His desire seemed to be to establish
as history, by publication, those views
which he personally entertained and formed ;
gathered from sources of doubtful character,
he desired they should not be questioned in
the future, semel pro semper .
Clay . See Chalk, Charcoal, and Clay.
Clay Ground . In the clay ground between
Succoth and Zeredatha Hiram Abif cast all
the sacred vessels of the 'Temple, as well as the
pillars of the porch . This spot was about
thirty-five miles in a northeast direction from
Jerusalem ; and it is supposed that Hiram
selected it for his foundry because the clay
which abounded there was,'by its great tenacity,
peculiarly fitted for making molds . The
Masonic tradition on this subject is sustained
by the authority of Scripture . (See 1 Kings vii .
46, and 2 Chron. iv . 17.) Morris, in his Freemasonry
in the Holy Land, gives the following
interesting facts in reference to this locality .
"A singular fact came to light under the investigations
of my assistant at Jerusalem .
He discovered that the jewellers of that city, at
the present day, use a particular species of
brown, arenaceous clay in making moulds for
casting small pieces in brass, etc . Inquiring
whence this clay comes they reply, `From
Seikoot about two days' journey north-east of
Jerusalem.' Here, then, is a satisfactory reply
to the question, Where was the `clay ground'
of Hiram's foundries? It is the best matrixclay
existing within reach of Hiram Abif, and
it is found only in `the clay ground between
Succoth and Zeredatha' ; and considerable as
was the distance, and extremely inconvenient
as was the locality, so important did that
master-workman deem it, to secure a sharp
and perfect mould for his castings, that, as
the Biblical record informs us, he established
his furnaces there ."
Clean Hands. Clean hands are a symbol
of purity. The psalmist says "that he only
shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or shall
stand in his holy place, who hath clean hands
and a pure heart ." Hence, the washing of the
hands is an outward sign of an internal purification
; and the psalmist says in another
place, "I will wash my hands in innocence .
And I will encompass thine altar, Jehovah ."
In the Ancient Mysteries the washing of the
hands was always an introductory ceremony