noun

• (figuratively) Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people.
• (figuratively) Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons.
• The institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.
• Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons. [The institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.]