Orange Lodgen.
/ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒ ˌlɒdʒ/, U.S. /ˈɔr(ə)ndʒ ˈlɑdʒ/, /ˈɑr(ə)ndʒ ˈlɑdʒ/ΚΠ
1783 in H. Joy Hist. Coll. Belfast (1817) The procession was conducted by the Orange Lodge, so confessedly acknowledged to be the first in Europe, being composed of 150 gentlemen..noblemen and commoners of the very first distinction. The Orange Lodge was first revived in Sept. 1780, at which time it consisted merely of the present Past-Master and two other gentlemen.
1791 C. T. Bowden Tour through Ireland 236 I was introduced to the Orange-lodge by a Mr. Hyndeman... Mr. H. informed me this lodge was founded by a Mr. Griffith, who held a lucrative employment here under Government.
2. A club or branch of the Orange Order. Also: the body of members comprising such a club.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > club with special interest
club1755
Orange Lodge1806
special interest group1908
1806 J. W. Croker Amazoniad ii. iv. 17 No Lord-May'r's feast a greater medly saw. United Brethren posted to the board. And Orange Lodges rush'd, a furious horde.
1813 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 93/2 It appeared that Orange lodges met regularly in London, Manchester [etc.].
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 382 Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Soldiers, are forbidden to institute, countenance, or attend Orange-Lodges or any other Meetings whatever, for Party or Political Purposes.
1888 Dict. National Biogr. at Ernest Augustus He was elected chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1805 and grand master of the Orange lodges of Ireland two years later.
1902 C. L. Falkiner Stud. Irish Hist. 52 On the morrow of that affair [sc. the Battle of the Diamond], September 22, 1795, the first Orange Lodge was formed in the house of a farmer named Sloan.
1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily i. 12 The Loyal Orange Lodges walk on the 12th of July, the Ancient Order of Hibernians on the 15th of August.
1980 K. Lindsay Brit. Intelligence Services in Action (BNC) 156 Recruits came to them already vetted and character-tested through membership of a church or Orange Lodge.
1995 Observer 16 July 8/1 At least six Orange Lodge buildings were burned out.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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