An encyclopædia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences .. (1894)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson) · Philadelphia, L. H. Everts · leaf 728
ifferent degrees of Masonry, and theknowledge of which becomes a sign of thepossession of the degree, are called signifi-cant words. Such a word Lenning calls ein bedeutendes Wort, which has thesame meaning. Sign of Distress. This is probablyone of the original modes of recognitionadopted at the… … SILENCE SIROC 717 degree. The Craft in the last centurycalled it sometimes the Masters Clap,and sometimes the Grand Sign, whichlatter name has been adopted by the Ma-sons of the present century, who call it the Grand Hailing Sign, to indicate its usein hailing or calling a brother whose assist-ance…
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