FREEMASONRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Freemasonry mean? 

• FREEMASONRY (noun)
  The noun FREEMASONRY has 2 senses:

1. a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests

2. Freemasons collectively

  Familiarity information: FREEMASONRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREEMASONRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press

Hypernyms ("freemasonry" is a kind of...):

companionship; company; fellowship; society (the state of being with someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Freemasons collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Freemasonry; Masonry

Hypernyms ("Freemasonry" is a kind of...):

secret society (a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers)

Meronyms (members of "Freemasonry"):

Freemason; Mason (a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love)

 Context examples 

Well, the snuff, then, and the Freemasonry?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is a wonderful sympathy and freemasonry among horsey men.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)