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MASONIC GLOSSARY - FELLOWCRAFT Entered Apprentice | Fellowcraft | Master Mason | Grand Lodge |
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| admonish | to caution advise or counsel against; to express warning or disapproval; to give friendly, earnest advice and encouragement |
| artificer | a skilled or artistic worker or craftsman; one who makes beautiful objects |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| bourne | boundaries; limits |
| brazen | made of brass |
| candor | freedom from bias, prejudice or malice; fairness; impartiality |
| capital | the uppermost part of a column |
| chapiter | an alternate, and earlier, form of the word capital |
| column | a supporting pillar consisting of a base, a cylindrical shaft and a capital |
| composite | one of the five orders of architecture, combining the Corinthian and Ionic styles |
| conflagration | fire, especially a large, disastrous fire |
| contemplate | to look at attentively and thoughtfully; to consider carefully |
| contrive | to devise; to plan; to invent or build in an artistic or ingenious manner |
| one of the three classical (Greek) orders of architecture - the most ornamented of the three. Originated in the City of Corinth in Greece | |
| cubit | an ancient unit of linear measure, approximately 18 inches in today's measure |
| depressed | underneath; lower than its surroundings |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding; excellent judgement |
| dispersed | scattered; spread widely |
| diurnal | recurring every day; having a daily cycle |
| Doric | one of the three classical (Greek) orders of architecture - the oldest and simplest of the three, originated in an area of ancient Greece known as Doris |
| edifice | a building, especially one of imposing appearance or size |
| Ephraimites | members of one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Ephraim, one of the sons of Jacob |
| homage | respect or reverence paid or rendered; expression of high regard |
| injunction | an order or requirement placed upon someone by a superior |
| inundation | to overflow with water; a flood |
| Ionic | one of the three classical (Greek) orders of architecture, originated in an area of ancient Greece known as Ionia |
| judicious | having, exercising or characterized by sound judgement; discrete; wise |
| Naphtali | one of the sons of Jacob, brother of Joseph, and a founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel |
| novitiate | a beginner; a novice |
| palliate | to try to conceal the seriousness of an offense by excuses and apologies; to moderate the intensity of; to reduce the seriousness of; to relieve or lessen without curing |
| pilaster | an upright architectural member that is rectangular in plan and is structurally a pier, but is architecturally treated as a column; it usually projects a third of its width or less from the wall |
| pommel | a ball or knob |
| reprehend | to voice disapproval of; to express an attitude of unhappiness and disgust |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect; remedial; promoting health; curative; wholesome |
| severally | one at a time; each by itself; separately; independently |
| summons | a written notice issued for an especially important meeting of a Lodge; the written notice or requirement by authority to appear at a place named |
| superfice | a geometrical object which is of two dimensions and exists in a single plane |
| superstructure | anything based on, or rising from, some foundation or basis; an entity, concept or complex based on a more fundamental one |
| Tuscan | one of the five orders of architecture, originated in the Tuscany area of southern Italy |
| undiscovered
country from whose bourne no traveler returns |
that which lies beyond death; the afterlife Shakespeare, Hamlet: Act III, Scene 1 |
| vicissitudes | the successive, alternating or changing phases or conditions of life or fortune; ups and downs; the difficulties of life; difficulties or hardships which are part of a way of life or career |
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HAMLET To be, or not to be: that is the question: whether `tis nobier in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; no more; and, by a sleep to say we end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to, `tis a consummation devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause- There's the respect that makes calamity of so long life; for who would bear the whips and scorns of time, the oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, the pangs of dispriz'd live, the law's delay, the insolence of office, and the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes, when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life, but that dread of something after death, the undiscover'd country from whose bourn no traveller returns, puzzles the will, and makes us rather bear those ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all; and thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, and enterprises of great pith and moment with this regard their currents turn awry, and lose the name of action. |
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