MASONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Masonic mean? 

• MASONIC (adjective)
  The adjective MASONIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to stonemasons or masonry

2. of or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry

  Familiarity information: MASONIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASONIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to stonemasons or masonry

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

masonic tools

Pertainym:

mason (a craftsman who works with stone or brick)

masonry (the craft of a mason)

Derivation:

mason (a craftsman who works with stone or brick)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Masonic lodge

Pertainym:

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

Masonry (Freemasons collectively)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

The Surrogate knows me, when I go down to be sworn; and disposes of me easily, as if there were a Masonic understanding between us.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I gave the self-evident answer that I should be a ruined man, upon which he jumped from his chair, reproved me for my habitual levity, which made it impossible for him to discuss any reasonable subject in my presence, and bounced off out of the room to dress for a Masonic meeting.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)