General History, Cyclopedia And Dictionary Of Freemasonry (1872)
Robert Macoy, 1815-1895 · leaf 218
•228 LAV — LEW. LAVER, Brazen. Muses was directed to make, among other articles of furniture for the services of the tabernacle, a laver of brass. It was held as a vessel … mrum priest axd laver. for ablution of the candidate in his progress to a higher and purer system of knowledge. LAY BROTHERS. An order bearing this name, and ap¬ pearing to have some connection with the corporations of builders and stone masons, was founded in the 11th century. It became a numerous…
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