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who greet your worship well ." This formula
is obsolete, but the word greeting is still in use
among Freemasons . In Masonic documents
it is sometimes found in the form of S .' . S .' .
S.' ., which three letters are the initials of the
Latin word salutem or health, three times rep
eated, and therefore equivalent to "Thrice
Greeting."
Gregorlans. An association established
early in the eighteenth century in ridicule of
and in opposition to the Freemasons . There
was some feud between the two Orders, but
the Gregorians at last succumbed, and long
ago became extinct . They lasted, however, at
least until the end of the century, for there is
extant a Sermon preached before them in
1797. They must too, by that time, have
changed their character, for Prince William
Frederick of Gloucester was then their presiding
officer; and Dr . Munkhouse, the author of
that sermon, who was a very ardent Mason,
tpeaks in high terms of the Order as an ally of
Freemasonry, and distinguished for its "benign
tendency and salutary effects ."
Grelnemann, Ludwig. A Dominican
monk, who, while preaching a course of Lenten
sermons at Aix-la-Chapelle in 1779, endeavored
to prove that the Jews who crucified
Jesus were Freemasons ; that Pilate and Herod
were Wardens in a Masonic Lodge ; and that
Judas, before he betrayed his Lord, had been
initiated in the synagogue, the thirty pieces of
silver which he returned being the amount of
his fee for initiation . With discourses like
these, Greinemann, who had threatened, if his
followers would assist him, he would slay every
Freemason he met with his own hand, so excited
the people, that the magistrates were
compelled to issue an edict forbidding the assemblies
of the Freemasons . Peter Schuff, . a
Capuchin, also vied with Greinemann in the
labor of persecution, and peace was not restored
until the neighboring free imperial
states threatened that, if the monks did not
refrain from stirring up the mob against Freemasonry,
they should be prohibited from collecting
alms in their territories .
Grip . In early Masonic works this is
called the " gr ipe . ' German Masons call it
der Gruff, and French ones, l'attouchement .
Groton. In the Leland Manuscript, a
corruption of Crotona, where Pythagoras established
his school .
Ground Floor of the Lodge. Mount
Moriah, on which the Temple of Solomon was
built, is symbolically called the ground floor of
the Lodge, and hence it is said that "the Lodge
rests on holy ground ." This ground-floor of
the Lod g e is remarkable f or three great events
recorded in Scripture, which are called "the
three grand offerings of Masonry ." It was
here that Abraham prepared, as a token of his
faith, to offer up his beloved son Isaac-this
was the first grand offering ; it was here that
David, when his peo ple were afflicted with a
pestilence, built an altar, and offered thereon
peace-offerings and burnt-offerings to appease
the wrath of God-this was the second grand
offering ; and lastly, it was here that, when
the Temple was completed, King Solomon
dedicated that magnificent structure to the
service of Jehovah, with the offering of pious
prayers and many costly presenta--and this
was the third grand offering .
This sacred spot was once the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite, and from him
David purchased it for fifty shekels of silver .
The Kabbalists delight to invest it with still
more solemn associations, and declare that it
was the spot on which Adam was created and
Abel slain . (See Holy Ground .)
Ground Floor of King Solomon's Temple.
This is said to have been a Mosaic pavement,
consisting of black and white stones
laid lozengewise, and surrounded by a tesselated
border. The tradition of the Order is
that Entered Apprentices' Lodges were held
on the ground floor of King Solomon's Temple
; and hence a Mosaic pavement, or a carpet
representing one, is a very common decoration
of Masonic Lodges. (See Mosaic
Pavement and Grand Offerings .)
Grumbach, Sylvester . Mentioned in the
legend of the Strict Observance, and was the
reputed Grand Master of the Templars from
1330 to 1332, and was the twenty-second
Grand Master.
Guard. See Due Guard.
Guard of the Conclave . See Knight of
the Christian Mark .
Guards . Officers used in working the rituals
of the Red Cross and Templar degrees .
They do not constitute regular officers of a
Council or Commandery, but are appointed
pro re natd .
Guerrier de Dumast . A distinguished
French Mason, born at Nancy on February
26, 1796 . He is the author of a poem entitled
La MaConnerie, in three cantos, enriched with
historical, etymological, and critical notes
published in 1820 . For this work he receive
from the Lodge Freres Artistes, of which he
was the orator, a gold medal. He was the
author of several other works, both Masonic
and secular .
Gugomos, Baron Von . An impostor in
Masonry, who, in 1775, appeared in Germany,
and, being a member of the Order of Strict Observance,
claimed that he had been delegated
by the Unknown Superiors of the Holy See at
Cyprus to establish a new Order of Knights
Templars . Calling himself Dux and High
Priest, he convoked a Masonic Congress at
Wiesbaden, which, notwithstanding the warning
of Dr. Bode, was attended by many influential
members of the Fraternity . His pretensions
were so absurd, that at length his
imposture was detected, and he escaped
secretly out of Wiesbaden . In 1786, Gugomos
confessed the imposition, and, it is said
asserted that he had been employed as a too
by the Jesuits to perform this part, that Freemasonry
might be injured .
Guibbs . The names given to the Assassins
of the Third Degree by some of the inventors
of the high degrees, are of so singular
a form as to have almost irresistibly led to the
conclusion that these names were bestowed by