English Explanatory Dictionary

Speculative Masonry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Freemasonry, as distinct from masonry in its ordinary sense relating to construction.

Word forms

Speculative Masonry

Etymology

From the belief that Freemasonry originated as an intellectual or “speculative” derivative of the ancient precepts of practical masonry.

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