masonic systems

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masonic systems - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scotch rite \Scotch rite\ (Freemasonry)
     The ceremonial observed by one of the
  
     Masonic systems, called in full the Ancient and Accepted  Scotch Rite
        ; also, the system itself, which confers
        thirty-three degrees, of which the first three are nearly
        identical with those of the York rite.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]