The fraternity of Freemasonry, also known as "Free and Accepted Masons," is organized by private groups of members variously known in English as lodges, chapters, councils, commanderies, consistories, etc. , which can be collectively referred to as "Masonic bodies". The basic Masonic body is the Masonic Lodge, which alone can make a Mason, and confers the first three degrees in Masonry, being that of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason.

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  • The fraternity of Freemasonry, also known as "Free and Accepted Masons," is organized by private groups of members variously known in English as lodges, chapters, councils, commanderies, consistories, etc. , which can be collectively referred to as "Masonic bodies". The basic Masonic body is the Masonic Lodge, which alone can make a Mason, and confers the first three degrees in Masonry, being that of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason. Whilst there is no degree in Freemasonry higher than that of Master Mason, there are a number of related organisations which have as a prerequisite to joining that one be a Master Mason, such as the Scottish Rite and the York Rite. Additionally, there are also organizations affiliated with Freemasonry that admit both Master Masons and non-Masons who have some relation to a Master Mason, such as the Order of the Eastern Star, International Order of Job's Daughters and the Order of the Amaranth. Still other affiliated organizations like the Order of DeMolay and the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls admit non-Masons and have no requirement that an applicant be related to a Master Mason. A number of terms, such as "appendant," "affiliated," "concordant," or "in amity" are used, sometimes interchangeably, to describe these bodies.
  • Dans la franc-maçonnerie nord-américaine, et en particulier dans celle des États-Unis d'Amérique, on utilise la dénomination "Masonic Bodies" (que l'on pourrait traduire par l'expression « organismes maçonniques ») pour désigner l'ensemble des organismes qui se rattachent à la franc-maçonnerie des trois premiers degrés dans sa branche principale. Ces organismes prennent souvent la dénomination d'« ordres » et gèrent des activités diverses allant de la pratique des hauts grades maçonniques à la collecte de fonds pour des oeuvres caritatives. Des organismes maçonniques comparables aux Masonic bodies existent également, quoiqu'avec beaucoup moins de variantes, dans d'autres pays, en particulier au Royaume-Uni. En Europe continentale, ces organismes sont quasiment inexistants, et c'est plutôt le système des juridictions de hauts grades maçonniques, le plus souvent constituées en symbiose avec une obédience symbolique (c'est-à-dire des trois premiers grades), qui domine.
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  • The fraternity of Freemasonry, also known as "Free and Accepted Masons," is organized by private groups of members variously known in English as lodges, chapters, councils, commanderies, consistories, etc. , which can be collectively referred to as "Masonic bodies". The basic Masonic body is the Masonic Lodge, which alone can make a Mason, and confers the first three degrees in Masonry, being that of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason.
  • Dans la franc-maçonnerie nord-américaine, et en particulier dans celle des États-Unis d'Amérique, on utilise la dénomination "Masonic Bodies" (que l'on pourrait traduire par l'expression « organismes maçonniques ») pour désigner l'ensemble des organismes qui se rattachent à la franc-maçonnerie des trois premiers degrés dans sa branche principale.
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  • Masonic bodies
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