Glossary
Aaron
abaciscus
abacus
abbreviations
abditorium
abracadabra
abraxas
acacia
acanthus
accepted
acclamation
acknowledged
adoptive masonry
adytum
affiliated
African Architects
age
all-seeing eye
almond
alpha and omega
alphabet
altar
ancient craft masonry
androgynous masonry
ankh
anniversaries
anno lucis
in antis
aphanism
apis
apprentice
apron
arch of heaven
architecture
arithmetic
ark
ark and anchor
liberal arts
ashlar
ass
astrology
astronomy
atelier
audi, vide, tace
aufklärung
Austria
Babel
baldachin
beauty
beehive
bible
black
blazing star
blue
blue lodges
Boaz
bone
Book of Constitutions
Book of the Law
brazen serpent
broken column
brother
brotherly love, relief, and truth
burning bush
Cabbala
cabiri
cable tow
caduceus
cagliostro
calendar
capitular degrees
carbonari
cardinal virtues
carpet
Cabbala
catafalque
opening on centre
cephas
chain
chalk, charcoal, clay
chamber of reflection
chapiter
charges
charity
chisel
circumambulation
circumspection
cock
coffin
colours
column
compasses
Composite Order
consecration elements
copestone
Corinithian Order
cornerstone
cornucopia
covering of the lodge
cowan
craft
crata repoa
cross charged with a rose
crow
crux ansata
cube
cubit
cynocephalus
D
dagger
darkness
degrees
delta
design
Doric Order
drop cloth
duad
eagle, double-headed, crowned
ear of corn
east
egg
Egyptian Mysteries
Eleusinian Mysteries
emblem
Enlightenment
Enoch
entered
epopt
euresis
faith
fellow craft
five
fixed lights
flaming sword
flooring
form
fortitude
forty-seventh proposition
forty-two
fountain
four crowned martyrs
fourteen
France
freemason
freemasonry
G
gavel
geometry
germany
girdle
globe
Golden Ass of Apuleius
grammar
grand, or great architect of the universe
Grand Lodge
Grand Master
ground floor of lodge
hand
Harpocrates
Hermes
hermetic rite
hexagon
hieroglyphics
high twelve
Hiram
hochmitternacht
hope
hour-glass
Illuminati
Illustrious Elected of Fifteen
implements
indented tassel
Ionic Order
Isis
Italy
Jachin
Jacob’s Ladder
Jehovah
Jerusalem
jewels
jumper
justice
key
knee
kneph
labyrinth
landmarks
level
lewis
light
lily
lime
line
lodge
logic
Mahabyn
mallet
mark
Worshipful Company of Masons
art of memory
monde primitif
moon
mopses
mortar
mosaic pavement
nine
noah
north
numbers
obelisk
oblong square
octagon
ogee
operative mason
Orders of Architecture
Ordo ab Chao
Orient
oriflamme
ornaments
orphic mysteries
Osiris
parallel lines
pastos
pedal
pedestals
pediment
pelican
pentalpha
perpendicular
phallus
pickaxe
piece of architecture
pillar
pillars of the porch
plumb
points of fellowship
point within a circle
pomegranate
pommel
prudence
Prussia
Pythagoras
rainbow
raised
red
rhetoric
right angle
right hand
rising son
rock
rocks
rose
Rosicrucians
royal arch
rule
St John’s Masonry
St John the Almoner
St John the Baptist
St John the Evangelist
scallop
Schaw Manuscripts
Scotland
scythe
Seal of Solomon
seeing
serpent
setting maul
seven
shibboleth
shovel
skeleton
skirret
skull
Solomonic Column
sorrow lodge
south
speculative masonry
sphinx
spiral column
twisted column
square
square and compasses
star
steps
strength
sun and moon
supports
tassels
tau
tears
guttes
telamones
temperance
Temple of Solomon
Temple of Zerubabbel
tesselated border
tetragrammaton
TGAOTU
theological virtues
third degree
three
three globes
three steps
tiler
tracing-board
trees
trestle-board
triangle
triple tau within triangle
trowel
tubal cain
turtle
Tuscan Order
two knights on one horse
waterfall
widow’s son
winding stair
year of light
Zerubbabel
Sources Cited
Curl, James Stevens. The Art & Architecture of Freemasonry. New York, NY: Overlook Press, 1991.