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MASONIC GLOSSARY - MASTER MASON Entered Apprentice | Fellowcraft | Master Mason | Grand Lodge |
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| approbation | approval, comrnendation or praise; a formal or official act of approval |
| brute creation | animals at their birth; anything non-human in its infancy |
| cleaves | comes apart from; separates into distinct parts; divides; to part or split especially along a natural line or division |
| dotage | a decline of mental faculties associated with old age; a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| emulation | ambitious rivalry; ambition or desire to equal or excel others in achievement |
| fiat | an authoritative decree, sanction or order; a command or act of will that creates something without, or as if without, further effort; an arbitrary decree or order |
| hecatomb | 100 oxen or cattle (in ancient Greece a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods in thanks for some great discovery, event or victory) |
| imbrue | stain; soak; drench |
| injunction | a warning, order, direction or instruction |
| seraph | an order of angels; one of the 6-winged angels standing in the presence of God |
| speculative | theoretical rather than practical; involving, or based on, intellectual questioning and curiosity; marked by meditating or pondering on a subject |
| sublime | lofty, grand or exalted in thought; expression or manner; of outstanding spiritual, intellectual or moral worth; tending to inspire awe |
| zeal | enthusiasm; diligence; eagerness and great interest in pursuit of something |
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