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masonic, a.|məˈsɒnɪk|
[f. mason n.1 + -ic.]
1. Of or pertaining to masons or masonry. rare.
1810Sir A. Boswell Edinburgh Poet. Wks. (1871) 55 The City grows and spreads on every side, In all the honour of masonic pride. 1821Byron Juan v. lxiii, The masonic folly Of those..Who give themselves to architecture wholly. 1895S. R. Hole Little Tour Amer. 308 The Washington Obelisk, said to be the highest masonic structure in the world.
2. Relating to, or characteristic of, freemasons or freemasonry. Also transf.
1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) X. 625/1 Some scrupulous brethren, who were alarmed at the publication of the masonic constitutions. 1810Wellington Let. 4 Jan. in Gurw. Desp. V. 410, I beg..that the meeting of the masonic lodges in their corps, and the wearing of all masonic emblems and all masonic processions may be discontinued during the time they may be in Portugal. 1831–57De Quincey Whiggism Wks. VI. 125 This sublime masonic tie of brotherhood we ourselves possess, we members of Christendom. 1836–9Dickens Sk. Boz, Scenes xxiii, Cheap silver pen-holders and snuff-boxes, with a masonic star. 1879Stevenson Trav. Cevennes (1886) 18 [He] finally taught me the true cry or masonic word of donkey-drivers. |