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Also from Schott's Original Miscellany:
Degrees of Freemasonry
Freemasonry (a secret fraternal and semi-religious society) claims ancient lineage, and is said by some to employ the following 33-degree hierarchy:
1º Entered Apprentice 2º Fellow Craft 3º Master Mason 4º Secret Master 5º Perfect Master 6º Intimate Secretary 7º Provost and Judge 8º Superintendent of the Building 9º Master Elect of Nine 10º Illustrious Master Elect of Fifteen 11º Sublime Knight, Chevalier Elect 12º Grand Master Architect 13º Royal Arch of Enoch 14º Scottish Knight of Perfection 15º Knight of the Sword & of The East 16º Prince of Jerusalem 17º Knight of the East & West 18º Knight of the Eagle & Pelican and Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Heredom 19º Grand Pontiff 20º Venerable Grand Master 21º Patriarch Noachite, Prussian Chevalier 22º Prince of Libanus, Royal Hatchet 23º Chief of the Tabernacle 24º Prince of the Tabernacle 25º Chevalier of the Brazen Serpent 26º Prince of Mercy 27º Grand Commander of the Temple 28º Knight of the Sun, Prince Adept 29º Knight of St. Andrew 30º Grand Elected Knight Kadosh, Knight of the Black and White Eagle 31º Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commander 32º Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret 33º Sovereign Grand Inspector General
******************************************************* I THINK I have copied it truly. One "the" was capitalized; I actually didn't even notice at first that there are were and's and &'s; but I believe I have put them as they are printed in the book.
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But doesn't the last one sound more like Hans Blix than Man Who Would Be King?
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21º Patriarh Noachite, Prussian Chevalier
Patriarch in the original?
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13º Royal Arch of Enoch
A little webresearch (actually, I was wondering whether this Enoch might have anything to do with Enoch Root of Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Trilogy) led me to the word desuetude, meaning fallen into disuse. ["L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. désuétude," according to ARTFL Project's Webster Dictionary, 1913 Edition]
Do you suppose this could be another example of the linguistic contraction that made "eleëmosynary" into "alms" ?
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Patriarch in the original? Yep. Thanks, Keith. It figures I'd miss at least one, in all that. Oh yes--the book also has the degrees (number and symbol) at the right-hand margin. I wasn't about to try that here--this system likes to shove everything as far left as possible. Enoch--my first thought was the Biblical one; didn't investigate, however. I thought it was interesting, the lengths they went to to come up with all these. I wonder how far they date back?
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All I could find in a quick search on a slow dial-up is the organization's newsletter. It's a pretty dense site; maybe there's something there: http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com
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shove everything as far left as possible.
you might try the [ pre ] tag?
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I'm not ambitious, I'd be content to rise to be a simple Knight of the Eagle & Pelican and Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Heredom.
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Sounds like at regular at the local pub.
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I'm not ambitious, I'd be content to rise to be a simple Knight of the Eagle & Pelican and Sovereign Prince Rose Croix of Heredom. Sounds like at regular at the local pub. As to the [pre] tag--I had the idea that that only works if you're copying something from another screen--and not always even then, for me. I copied the opening post from the book--and not for lack of trying to scan it into my computer, either; just couldn't manage it.
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