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) |
PGH |
Past Grand Haggai (Royal Arch) |
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 |