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KNIGHTS
Knight of the Sword. (Chevalier de cident.) 1. The Sixty-fourth Degree of the
l'Epee.) One of the titles of the Scottish Rite collection of the Metropolitan Chapter of
degree of Knight of the East . So called in allusion
to the legend that the Masons at the Rite of Mizraim .
France. 2 . The Forty-seventh Degree of the
second Temple worked with the trowel in one Knight of the White and Black Eagle .
hand and the sword in the other . Du Cange, (Chevalier de l'Aigle blanc et noir.) One of the
on the authority of Arnoldus Lubeckius, describes
an Order, in the Middle Ages, of and Accepted Scottish Rite, or Knight Ka-
titles of the Thirtieth Degree of the Ancient
Knights of the Sword (Milites Gladii), who, dosh . In the Rite of Perfection of the Emperors
having vowed to wield the sword for God's
service, wore a sword embroidered on their
mantles as a sign of their profession, whence
of the East and West, it constituted
the Twenty-fourth Degree, under the title of
Knig ht Commander of the White and Black
they took their name . But it was not connected
Eagle. The white eagle was the emblem of
with the Masonic degree .
the eastern empire, and the black of the
west-
Knight of the Tabernacle. In the Minute
Book of the "Grand Lodge of all England,"
extracts from which are given by Bro .
Hughan in his Unpublished Records (p . 146),
we find the expression Knight of the Tabernacle,
used in the year 1780, as synonymous
with Knight Templar .
Knight of the Tabernacle of the Divine
Truths. (Chevalier du Tabernacle des Verites
divines .) A degree cited in the nomenclature
of Fustier .
Knight of the Temple. (Chevalier du
Temple .) This degree is common to all the
systems of Masonry founded on the Templar
doctrine .
1 . It is a synonym of Knights Templar .
2. The Eighth Degree of the Rite of the
Philalethes .
3 . The Sixty-ninth Degree of the collection
of the Metropolitan Chapter of France .
4. The Sixth Degree of the Clerks of Strict
Observance .
5. The Ninth Degree of the Rite of the East
according to the nomenclature of Fustier .
6. The Thirty-sixth Degree of the Rite of
Mizraim .
Knight of the Three Kings . An American
side degree of but little importance . Its
history connects it with the dedication of the
first Temple, the conferrer of the degree representing
King Solomon . Its moral tendency
appears to be the inculcation of reconciliation
of grievances among Masons by friendly conference
. It may be conferred by any Master
Mason on another .
Knight of the Throne . (Chevalier du
Tr6ne .) The Second Degree of the Rite of the
East according to the nomenclature of Fustier
.
Knight of the Triple Cross . (Chevalier
de la Triple Croix .) The Sixty-sixth Degree of
the collection of the Metropolitan Chapter of
France .
Knight of the Triple Period . (Chevalier
de la Triple Periode .) A degree in the Archives
of the Lodge of Saint Louis des Amis Reunis
at Calais .
Knight of the Triple Sword . (Chevalier
de la Triple Epee .) A degree in the collection
of Pyron .
Knight of the Two Crowned Eagles.
(Chevalier des teux Aigles Couronnees.) The
Twenty-second Degree of the collection of the
Metropolitan Chapter of France .
Knight of the West . (Chevalier d'Oc
ern . Hence we have the Knights of the
White Eagle in Russia, and the Knights of the
Black Eagle in Prussia, as orders of chivalry .
The two combined were, therefore, appropriately
(so far as the title is concerned) adopted
by the Council which assumed Masonic jurisdiction
over both empires .
Knight of the White Eagle . The Sixtyfourth
Degree of the Rite of Mizraim . As a
political order, that of the Knights of the
White Eagle was instituted by Wladistas,
King of Poland, in 1325 . It is still conferred
by the Czar of Russia .
Knight of Unction . (Chevalier d'Onetion
.) The Fifty-first Degree of the collection
of the Metropolitan Chapter of France .
Knight, Perfect . (Chevalier Parfait .) A
degree of the Ancient Chapter of Clermont
found in the Archives of the Mother Lodge of
the Philosophic Rite .
Knight, Professed. See Eques Professus.
Knight, Prussian . See Noachite . Also
the Thirty-fifth Degree of the Rite of Mizraim .
Knight Rower . (Chevalier Rameur .) The
Order of the Knights and Ladies Rowers
(Ordre des Chevaliers Rameurs et Chevalieres
Rameures) was an androgynous and adoptive
Rite, founded at the city of Rouen, in France,
in 1738, and was therefre one of the earliest
instances of the adoptive system . It met
with very little success .
Knight, Royal Victorious . (Chevalier
royal Victorieux.) A degree formerly conferred
in the Chapter attached to the Grand
Orient of Bologne .
Knight, Sacrificing . (Chevalier Sacrifiant
.) A degree found in the Archives of the
Lodge of Saint Louis des Amis R6unis at
Calais.
Knight, Victorious . (Chevalier Victorieux
.) A degree contained in the collection
of Hecart .
Knights of the East, Council of. (Conseil
des Chevaliers d'Orient .) A Chapter of High
Degrees, under this name, was established at
Paris, on July 22, 1762, by one Pirlet, a tailor,
as the rival of the Council of Emperors of the
East and West . Baron de Tschoudy became
one of its members .
Knights Templar . The piety or the superstition
of the age had induced multitudes of
pilgrims in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
to visit Jerusalem for the purpose of offering
their devotions at the sepulcher of the Lord
and the other holy place in that city . Many