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one of them, descending with the assistance of sixth Degree of the Metropolitan Chapter of
his comrades, obtained it, and carried it to France.
King Solomon . But the more modern form Ecossais of Naples . The Forty-second
of the legend dispenses with the circumstance Degree of the collection of the Metropolitan
of the dry well and says that the builder Chapter of France .
deposited it in tie place which had been purposely
prepared for it, and where centuries Degree of the collection of the Metropolitan
Ecossais of Perfection . The Thirty-ninth
afterward it was found . And this amended Chapter of France .
form of the legend is more in accord with the Eeossals of Prussia . A degree in the
recognized symbolism of the loss and the recovery
of the Word.
sophic Scottish Rite .
archives of the Mother Lodge of the Philo-
Ecossais. 1 . The Fourth Degree of Ramsay's
Rite, and the original whence all the de-
form of Ecossaism, and found in several
Ecossais of St . Andrew . A not unusual
grees of Ecossaism have sprung . 2 . The Rites. 1 . The Second Degree of the Clerks
Fifth Degree of the French Rite . 3 . The of Strict Observance ; 2 . The Twenty-first
Ecossais degrees constitute the fourth class Degree of the Rite of Mizraim ; 3 . The
of the Rite of Mizraim-from the Fourteenth Twenty-ninth Degree of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite is also an Ecossais of St .
to the Twenty-first Degree. In the subsequent
articles only the principal Ecossais degrees will Andrew ; 4. The Sixty-third Degree of the
be mentioned .
collection of the Metropolitan Chapter of
Ecossais Architect, Perfect. (Ecossais France is an Ecossais of St. Andrew of Scotland
; 5. The Seventy-fifth Degree of the same
Architecte Parfait.) A degree in the collection
of M . Pyron.
collection is called Ecossais of St . Andrew of
Ecossais d'Angers or Ecossais d'Alcidony
. Two degrees mentioned in a work Ecossais of St. George . A degree in the
the Thistle .
entitled Philosophical Considerations on Freemasonry
.
Ecossals of the Forty. (Ecossais des
collection of Le Page .
English. (Ecoss . Anglais .) A Quarante.) The Thirty-fourth Degree of the
degree in the Mother Lodge of the Philosophic collection of the Metropolitan Chapter of
Rite.
France .
Ecossais, Faithful. (Ecossais Fidlle.) Ecossais of the Lodge of Prince Edward .
(See Vielle Bru .)
A degree in the collection of Pyron . This was
Ecossais, French. The Thirty-fifth Degree
of the collection of the Metropolitan Prince Charles Edward, the young retender .
probably a Stuart degree, and referred to
Chapter of France .
Ecossais of the Sacred ault of James
Ecossais, Grand . The Fourteenth Degree VI. 1 . The Thirty-third Degree of the collection
of the Metropolitan Chapter of France,
of the Scottish Rite is so called in some of the
French rituals .
said to have been composed by the Baron
Ecossals, Grand Architect. (Grand Architect
Ecossais .) The Forty-fifth Degree of the Rite of Mizraim. 3 . In the French rituals,
Tschoudy . 2 . The Twentieth Degree of the
Metropolitan Chapter of France .
this name has been given to the Fourteenth
Ecossais, Grand Master . Formerly the Degree of the Scottish Rite . Chemin Dupontcs
says that the degree was a homage Sixth Degree of the Capitular system, prac-
paid
tised in Holland .
Ecossais, Knight . A synonym of the
Ninth Degree of Illuminism . It is more commonly
called Illuminatus Diri ens .
Ecossais, Master . The Fifth Degree of
the Rite of Zinnendorf. It was also formerly
among the high degrees of the German Chapter
and those of the Rite of the Clerks of
Strict Observance. It is said to have been
composed by Baron Hund .
Ecossais Novice. A synonym of the
Eighth Degree of Illuminism . It is more
commonly called Illuminatus Major .
Ecossals of Clermont . The Thirteenth
Degree of the Metropolitan Chapter of
France.
Ecossais of England . A degree in the
collection of M . Le Rouge .
Ecossais of Franville. The Thirty-first
Degree of the Metropolitan Chapter of
France .
Ecossais of Hiram . A degree in the
Mother Lodge of the Philosophic Scotch Rite .
Ecossais of Messina. A degree in the
nomenclature of M . Fustier.
Ecossais of Montpellier. The Thirty-
to the kings of Scotland . Nothing., however,
of this can be found in its present ritual ; but it
is very probable that the degree, in its first
conception, and in some ritual that no longer
exists, was an offspring of the house of Stuart,
of which James VI . was the first English
king.
Ecossais of the Three J. J . J. 1 . The
Thirty-second Degree of the collection of the
Metropolitan Chapter of France . 2 . The
Nineteenth Degree of the Rite of Mizraim .
The three J. J. J . are the initials of Jourdain,
Jaho, Jachin.
Ecossals of Toulouse . A degree in the
archives of the Mother Lodge of the Philosophic
Scottish Rite .
Ecossais of the Triple Triangle . The
Thirty-seventh Degree of the collection of the
Metropolitan Chapter of France .
Ecossais, Parisian . So Thory has it ; but
Ragon, and all the other nomenclators, give it
as cossais Panisait re. The Seventeenth Degree
of the Rite of Mizraim.
Ecossais, Perfect . A degree in the archives
of the Mother Lodge of the Philosophic
Scottish Rite .