| 1st GP |
First Grand Principal (Royal Arch) |
| 2nd GP |
Second Grand Principal (Royal Arch) |
| 3rd GP |
Third Grand Principal (Royal Arch) |
| A |
Answer |
| A&AR |
Ancient & Accepted Rite (Scottish Rite) |
| AA & EF |
Ancient, Accepted & Esoteric Freemasons |
| AAONMS |
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Shriners) |
| AASR or A&ASR |
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite or Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite (without the &) |
| AB |
Year of the Blessing (see
http://bessel.org/masdates.htm
) |
| A Dep |
Year of the Deposit (see
http://bessel.org/masdates.htm
) |
| AEAONMS |
Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order, Nobles Mystic Shrine (Prince
Hall Shriners) |
| AEOS |
Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots |
| AF&AM or AFAM |
Ancient Free & Accepted Masons |
| AFHR |
American Federation of Human Rights (Co-Masonry) |
| AFM |
Ancient Free Masons (South Carolina) |
| AGL |
Assistant Grand Lecturer |
| AGSW |
Assistant Grand Superintendant of Workings (Australia) |
| AH |
Anno hebraico (used by AASR) |
| A Inv |
Year of the Discovery (see
http://bessel.org/masdates.htm
) |
| AL |
Year of Light (see
http://bessel.org/masdates.htm ) |
| ALR |
American Lodge of Research (New York) |
| AM |
Year of the World (see
http://bessel.org/masdates.htm
) |
| AMD |
Allied Masonic Degrees |
| AO |
Year of the Order (see
http://bessel.org/masdates.htm
) |
| APR or A&PR |
Ancient and Primitive Rite |
| AQC |
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum (transactions of English research
lodge) |
| AR |
Year of Revival (see
http://bessel.org/masdates.htm
) |
| AYM |
Ancient York Masons |
| Bro |
Brother |
| CBCS |
Chevaliers Biefaisants de La City Sainte (Holy Order of Knights Beneficient of the Holy City) |
| CH or COH |
Captain of the Host (Royal Arch) |
| CMCR |
Canonbury Masonic Research Centre, London, England |
| COGMINA = CGMNA |
Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America |
| COIFR |
Commission on Information for Recognition of the Conference
of Grand Masters of Masons in North America |
| Comp |
Companion (Royal Arch and Cryptic Rite, or Royal and Select
Masters) |
| CWLR |
Civil War Lodge of Research (chartered in Virginia) |
| DC |
Director of Ceremonies |
| DDGL |
District Deputy Grand Lecturer |
| DDGM |
District Deputy Grand Master |
| DEO |
District Education Officer |
| DGCHAP |
Deputy Grand Chaplain |
| DGDC |
Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies |
| DGIW |
Deputy Grand Inspector of Workings (Work) |
| DGM |
Deputy Grand Master |
| DGZ |
Deputy Grand Zerubbabel (First Grand Principal) |
| DH |
Droit Humain (Co-Masonry) |
| DIW |
District Instructor of Work |
| EA |
Entered Apprentice |
| EC |
Excellent Companion (Royal Arch) or Excellent Chief (Knight
Masons) or English Constitution or Eminent Commander |
| EHP |
Excellent High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| EO |
Education Officer |
| ERAM |
Esoteric Royal Arch Masonry |
| F&AM |
Free & Accepted Masons |
| FAAM |
Free And Accepted Masons |
| FAAYM |
Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons |
| FC |
Fellowcraft or Fellow Craft |
| FPOF |
Five Points of Fellowship |
| FPS |
Fellow of the Philalethes Society or Fellow of the Phylaxis
Society or Fellow of Phyllis Chapter |
| GAOTU |
Great Architect of the Universe |
| GC |
Grand Chief (Knight Masons) |
| GCR |
Grand College of Rites |
| GHP |
Grand High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| GJD |
Grand Junior Deacon |
| GJS |
Grand Junior Steward |
| GJW |
Grand Junior Warden |
| GK |
Grand King (Royal Arch) |
| GL |
Grand Lodge or Grand Lecturer |
| GLAE |
Grand Lodge of All England |
| GLF or GLoF or GLdF |
Grand Lodge of France |
| GLFB |
Feminine Grand Lodge of Belgium (Grande Loge Feminine de Belgique) |
| GLFF |
Feminine Grand Lodge of France |
| GLFS |
Feminine Grand Lodge of Switzerland (Grande Loge
Féminine de Suisse) |
| GLNF |
National Grand Lodge of France (Grand Loge Nationale Francais) |
| GM |
Grand Master |
| GOF or GOdF |
Grand Orient of France |
| GOUSA |
Grand Orient of the United States of America |
| GS or GSec |
Grand Secretary (or GS could be Grand Scribe) |
| GSD |
Grand Senior Deacon |
| GSS |
Grand Senior Steward |
| GSW |
Grand Senior Warden or Grand Superintendant of Workings
(Australia) |
| GWM |
Grand Worthy Matron |
| GWMM or GWM or GWMNM |
George Washington Masonic Memorial (located in
Alexandria, Virginia) (previously called George Washington Masonic
National Memorial) |
| GWU |
George Washington Union |
| HA |
Hiram Abif or Abiff |
| HP |
High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| HRA |
Holy Royal Arch |
| HRAKTP |
Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests |
| HTWSSTKS |
abbreviation used in Royal Arch Masonry to describe someone
in the Royal Arch ritual |
| IG |
Inner Guard |
| IGH |
Inspector General Honorary (33rd degree) |
| IM |
Illustrious Master (Cryptic Rite, or Royal and Select
Masters) |
| IOJD |
International Order of Jobs Daughters |
| IORG |
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls |
| IPR |
Initiation, Passing, and Raising |
| JD |
Junior Deacon |
| JGD |
Junior Grand Deacon |
| JGS |
Junior Grand Steward |
| JGW |
Junior Grand Warden |
| JMC |
Junior Master of Ceremonies |
| JS |
Junior Steward |
| JW |
Junior Warden |
| K |
King (Royal Arch) |
| KCCH |
Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (Scottish Rite) |
| KM |
Knight Mason or Knight Masons |
| KT |
Knights Templar |
| KTP |
Knight Templar Priest |
| KYCH |
Knight of the York Cross of Honor |
| LDH |
Le Droit Humain (Co-Masonry) |
| LEO |
Lodge Education Officer |
| LIW |
Lodge Instructor of Work |
| M&M |
Memphis & Misraim |
| MasEd |
Masonic Education or Masonic Education Yahoo Group on the
Internet |
| MBBFMN |
Masonic Brotherhood of the Blue Forget Me Not (recognition
of those involved in Masonic education) |
| MC |
Master of Ceremonies, Middle Chamber |
| MCL |
Middle Chamber Lecture |
| ME |
Most Excellent (Royal Arch) or Master Expert (in Scottish
Rite Lodges in Louisiana) |
| MEC |
Most Excellent Companion (Royal Arch) |
| MEGHP |
Most Excellent Grand High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| MEM |
Most Excellent Master (Royal Arch) |
| MEZ |
Most Excellent Z (Royal Arch) |
| MGMB |
making good men better |
| MHC |
Masonic High Council |
| MIC |
Masonic Information Center (related to MSA - Masonic Service
Association) |
| MIGM |
Most Illustrious Grand Master (Cryptic Rite) |
| MLC |
Masonic Leadership Center |
| MLMA |
Masonic Library & Museum Association |
| MM |
Master Mason or Mark Master |
| Mon |
Monarch (Grotto) |
| MOS |
Moment of Silence |
| MOVPER |
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm (Grotto) |
| MPS |
Member of the Philalethes Society or Member of the Phylaxis
Society or Member of Phyllis Chapter |
| MSA |
Masonic Service Association |
| MSANA |
Masonic Service Association of North America |
| MSRICF |
Masonic Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis |
| MW |
Most Worshipful |
| MWA |
Masters and Wardens Association |
| MWB |
Most Worshipful Brother |
| MWGL |
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge |
| MWGM |
Most Worshipful Grand Master |
| MWM |
most worshipful master |
| NCRL |
Northern California Research Lodge |
| NECOMELI |
Northeast Conference on Masonic Education & Libraries |
| NMJ |
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (Scottish Rite) |
| OES |
Order of the Eastern Star |
| PAGSW |
Past Assistant Grand Superintendant of Workings (Australia) |
| PDDGL |
Past District Deputy Grand Lecturer |
| PDDGM |
Past District Deputy Grand Master |
| PDGM |
past district grand master |
| PDM |
past district master |
| PGBHQ |
Past Grand Bethel Honored Queen (Job's Daughters) |
| PGHP |
Past Grand High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| PGM |
Past Grand Master |
| PGSW |
Past Grand Superintendant of Workings (Australia) |
| PHA |
Prince Hall Affiliated |
| PHACGM |
Prince Hall Conference of Grand Masters |
| PHO |
Prince Hall Origin (National Compact) - NOT the same as PHA |
| PHQ |
Past Honored Queen (Job's Daughters) |
| PIM |
Past Illustrious Master (Cryptic Rite) |
| PM |
Past Master |
| PMA |
Past Masters Association |
| Pot |
Potentate (Shrine) |
| POTS |
Parting on the Square (sometimes used in place of
"sincerely" in email messages from one Mason to another) |
| PS |
Principal Sojourner (Royal Arch) |
| PSOC |
Philalethes Society listserv (email group) |
| PW |
Password |
| PZ |
Past Z (what the head of a Royal Arch Chapter is sometimes
called) |
| QC |
Quatuor Coronati (research lodge in London) or Quatuor
Coronatorum (proceedings published by that lodge) |
| QCCC |
Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle |
| RA |
Royal Arch |
| RAC |
Royal Arch Captain |
| RAM |
Royal Arch Mason or Masonry or Royal Ark Mariner |
| RE |
Right Excellent (Royal Arch) or Rite Emuulation (Emulation
Rite) |
| REAA |
Rite Ecossais Ancien et Accepte - (Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite) |
| Rec |
Recorder |
| REC |
Right Excellent Companion (Royal Arch) |
| RER |
Rite Ecossais Rectifie (Scottish Rectified Rite) |
| RF |
Rite Français (French Rite) |
| RGLE |
Regular Grand Lodge of All England |
| ROS |
Royal Order of Scotland |
| RW |
Right Worshipful |
| RWB |
Right Worshipful Brother |
| S |
Scribe (Royal Arch) |
| S&C |
Square and Compasses (or Compass) |
| S&F |
Sincerely & Fraternally |
| SBF |
Society of Blue Friars (association of Masonic authors) |
| SC |
Scottish Constitution |
| SCRL |
Southern California Research Lodge |
| SD |
Senior Deacon |
| SEM |
Super Excellent Master (Cryptic Rite) |
| SGC |
Sovereign Grand Commander (Scottish Rite) |
| SGD |
Senior Grand Deacon |
| SGIG |
Sovereign Grand Inspector General (Scottish Rite) |
| SGS |
Senior Grand Steward |
| SGW |
Senior Grand Warden |
| SJ |
Southern Jurisdiction (Scottish Rite) |
| SK |
Sir Knight (Commandery and Knight Masons) |
| SMC |
Senior Master of Ceremonies |
| SMIB |
so mote it be |
| SOF |
soc.org.freemasonry (Masonic email group) |
| SRICF |
Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis
(now called MSRICF - Masonic Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis) |
| SRJ |
Scottish Rite Journal |
| SRRS |
Scottish Rite Research Society |
| SS |
Senior Steward |
| STC |
Supreme Tall Cedar |
| SW |
Senior Warden |
| 2B1Ask1 |
to be one (a mason) ask one |
| TB |
Tracing Board |
| TCF |
Tres Cher Frere (Very Dear Brother) |
| TIM |
Thrice Illustrious Master (Royal and Select Masters) |
| Ty |
tyler |
| QC |
Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London (research lodge -
see AQC) |
| UD |
Under Dispensation |
| UGLE |
United Grand Lodge of England |
| UGLQ |
United Grand Lodge of Queensland (Australia) |
| VSL |
Volume of Sacred Law |
| VW |
Very Worshipful |
| WB |
Worshipful Brother |
| WGAmb |
Worshipful Grand Ambassador |
| WM |
Worshipful Master |
| WMA |
Worshipful Masters Association |
| Wor |
Worshipful |
