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freemasonry

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

name

Meaning 1

The institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Speculative Masonry

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Freemasons collectively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Masonry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: secret society

6

noun

Meaning 6

a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: company, companionship, fellowship, society

History

Etymology

From freemason + -ry.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: المَاسُونِيَّة (al-māsūniyya) — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Catalan: francmaçoneria — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 共濟會綱領 /共济会纲领 (Gòngjìhuì gānglǐng) — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Czech: svobodné zednářství — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Dutch: vrijmetselarij — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Esperanto: framasonismo — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Finnish: vapaamuurarius — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • French: franc-maçonnerie — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • German: Freimaurerei — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Greek: ελευθεροτεκτονισμός (eleftherotektonismós) — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Hungarian: szabadkőművesség — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Italian: massoneria — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Italian: frammassoneria — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Japanese: フリーメイソンリー (furīmeisonrī) — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Persian: فراماسونری (ferâmâsoneri) — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Polish: wolnomularstwo — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Polish: masoneria — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Portuguese: maçonaria — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Portuguese: francomaçonaria — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Romanian: francmasonerie — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Romanian: masonerie — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Russian: франкмасо́нство (frankmasónstvo) — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Russian: масо́нство (masónstvo) — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Serbo-Croatian: slobodno zidarstvo — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Sicilian: mazzunarìa — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Slovak: slobodomurárstvo — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Spanish: masonismo — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Ukrainian: масо́нство (masónstvo) — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Vietnamese: Hội Tam Điểm — institutions and ways of the Freemasons
  • Arabic: مَاسُونِيَّة (māsūniyya) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Armenian: մասոնություն (masonutʻyun) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同病相憐 /同病相怜 (tóngbìngxiānglián) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 惺惺相惜 (xīngxīngxiāngxī) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 意氣相投 /意气相投 (yìqìxiāngtóu) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Dutch: vrijmetselarij — fellowship and sympathy
  • Finnish: veljeys — fellowship and sympathy
  • French: franc-maçonnerie — fellowship and sympathy
  • Georgian: მასონობა (masonoba) — fellowship and sympathy
  • German: Freimaurerei — fellowship and sympathy
  • Greek: ελευθεροτεκτονισμός (eleftherotektonismós) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Hebrew: הבונים החופשיים — fellowship and sympathy
  • Hungarian: bajtársiasság — fellowship and sympathy
  • Hungarian: összetartás — fellowship and sympathy
  • Japanese: フリーメーソン (furī mēson) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Korean: 프리메이슨 (peurimeiseun) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Portuguese: maçonaria — fellowship and sympathy
  • Russian: масо́нство (masónstvo) — fellowship and sympathy
  • Russian: франкмасо́нство (frankmasónstvo) — fellowship and sympathy