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masonic

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See also: Masonic

English

Etymology

From mason + -ic.

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Adjective

masonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.
  2. Of or pertaining to freemasonry.
  3. (figurative) Of a sign or signal, arcane and secretive.
    • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 142:
      Without attempting to disturb the harmony of this profitable discussion, Quin, by a masonic gesture to the barmaid, had had three glasses filled up again, and Cripps, Bunson and himself were busy emptying them when Limpet awoke to the fact that treachery was being done.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French maçonnique.

Adjective

masonic m or n (feminine singular masonică, masculine plural masonici, feminine/neuter plural masonice)

  1. masonic

Declension

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