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FREEMASONRY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Freemasonry mean?

• FREEMASONRY (noun)
The noun FREEMASONRY has 2 senses:

1. a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests
2. Freemasons collectively

Familiarity information: FREEMASONRY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FREEMASONRY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press

Hypernyms ("freemasonry" is a kind of...):

companionship; company; fellowship; society (the state of being with someone)

Sense 2

Freemasonry ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Freemasons collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Freemasonry; Masonry

Hypernyms ("Freemasonry" is a kind of...):

secret society (a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers)

Meronyms (members of "Freemasonry"):

Freemason; Mason (a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love)

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