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Knight of Patmos . An apocalyptic degree
mentioned by Oliver in his Landmarks .
It refers, he says, to the banishment of St .
John .
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Knight of Rhodes . 1 . One of the titles
given to the Knights Hospitalers in conseuence
of their long residence on the island of
odes . 2 . A degree formerly conferred in
the Baldwyn Encampment at Bristol, England.
It seems in some way to have been
confounded with the Mediterranean Pass.
Knight of Rose Croix . See Rose Croix .
Knight of St . Andrew, Grand Scottish.
(Grand Ecossais de Saint Andre .) Sometimes
called "Patriarch of the Crusades ." The
Twenty-ninth Degree of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite . Its ritual is founded on
a legend, first promulgated by the Chevalier
Ramsay, to this effect : that the Freemasons
were originally a society of knights founded in
Palestine for the purpose of building Christian
churches ; that the Saracens, to prevent the
execution of this design, sent emissaries among
them, who disguised themselves as Christians,
and were continually throwing obstacles in
their way ; that on discovering the existence
of these spies, the knights instituted certain
modes of recognition to serve as the means of
detection ; that they also adopted symbolic
ceremonies for the purpose of instructing the
proselytes who had entered the society in the
forms and principles of their new religion ; and
finally that the Saracens, having become too
powerful for the knights any longer to contend
with them, they had accepted the invitation
of a king of England, and had removed
into his dominions, where they thenceforth devoted
themuives to the cultivation of architecture
and the fine arts . On this mythical
legend, which in reality was only an application
of Ramsay's theory of the origin of Freemasonry
the Baron de Tschoudy is said about
the middle of the last century, to have formed
this degree, which Ragon says (Orthod. Mason .,
p . 138) at his death in 1769, he bequeathed in
manuscri ~t- to the 6ouncil of Emperors of the
East and West . On the subsequent extension
of the twenty-five degrees of the Rite of Perfection,
instituted by that body, to the thirtythree
degrees of the Ancient and Accepted
Rite this degree was adopted as the twentyninth
and as an appropriate introduction to
the knights of Kadosh, which it immediately
precedes . Hence the jewel, a St . Andrew's
cross, is said, b~ yRagon, to be only a concealed
form of the Templar Cross . In allusion to
the time of its supposed invention, it has been
called "Patriarch of the Crusades ." On account
of the Masonic instruction which it contains,
it also sometimes receives the title of
"Grand Master of Light ."
The Lodge is decorated with red hang-
Knight of Perfumes . (Chevalier des Parfums
.) The Eighth Degree of the Rite of the
East (Rite d'Orient) according to the nomenclature
ings supported by white columns .
of Fustier .
Knight of Pure Truth . (Chevalier de la
Pure Veritk.) Thory mentions this as a secret
society instituted by the scholars of the Jesuitical
college at Tulle . It could scarcely have
been Masonic .
Knight of Purity and Light . (Ritter der
Klarheit and desLichts .) The Seventh and last
degree of the Rite of the Clerks of Strict Ob-
There are
eighty-one lights, arranged as follows : four in
each corner before a St . Andrew's cross, two
before the altar, and sixty-three arranged by
nines in seven different parts of the room .
There are three officers, a Venerable Grand
Master and two Wardens . The jewel is a St .
Andrew's cross, appropriately decorated, and
suspended from a green collar bordered with
red.
In the ritual of the Southern Jurisdiction,
the leading idea of a communication between
the Christian knights and the Saracens has
been preserved ; but the ceremonies and the
legend have been altered . The lesson intended
to be taught is toleration of religion .
This degree also constitutes the sixty-third
of the collection of the Metropolitan Chapter
of France ; the fifth of the Rite of Clerks of
Strict Observance ; and the twenty-first of
the Rite of Mizraim . It is also to be found in
many other systems .
Knight of St . Andrew, Free . (Chevalier
libre de Saint-Andre .) A degree found in the
collection of Pyron .
Knight of St . Andrew of the Thistle .
(Chevalier Ecossais de S . Andre du Chardon.)
The Seventy-fifth Degree of the collection of
the Metropolitan Chapter of France .
Knight of St. John of Jerusalem . 1 .
The original title of the Knights of Malta and
derived from the church and monastery built
at Jerusalem in 1048 by the founders of the
Order, and dedicated to St . John the Baptist .
(See night of Malta.)
2. A mystical degree divided into three sections,
which is found in the collection of Lemanceau.
Knight of St . John of Palestine . (Chevalier
de Sainte Jean de la Palestine .) The
Forty-eighth Degree of the Metropolitan
Chapter of France .
Knight of the Altar. (Chevalier de
l'Autel.) The Twelfth Degree of the Rite of the
East according to the nomenclature of Fustier .
Knight of the American Eagle . An
honorary degree invented many years ago in
Texas or some other of the Western States .
It was founded on incidents of the American
Revolution and gave an absurd legend of
Hiram Abif's boyhood . It is believed to be
now obsolete .
Knight of the Anchor. (Chevalier do
l'Ancre.) 1 . An androgynous degree. (See
Anchor, Order of Knights and Ladies o}' the .)
2 . The Twenty-first Degree of the collection
of the Metropolitan Chapter of France .
Knight of the Ape and Lion . Gt dicke
says (Freimaurer-Lex .) that this Order appeared
about the year 1780, but that its existence
was only made known by its extinction .
It adopted the lion sleeping with open eyes as
a symbol of watchfulness, and the ape as a