freemasonry

[free-mey-suhn-ree] Origin

free·ma·son·ry

[free-mey-suhn-ree]
noun
1.
secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport: the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
2.
(initial capital letter) the principles, practices, and institutions of Freemasons.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English fremasonry. See Freemason, -ry
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Freemasonry is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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freemasonry (ˈfriːˌmeɪsənrɪ)
 
n
natural or tacit sympathy and understanding

Freemasonry (ˈfriːˌmeɪsənrɪ)
 
n
1.  the institutions, rites, practices, etc, of Freemasons
2.  Freemasons collectively

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Freemasonry
mid-15c., from freemason + -ry.
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