Definition of "freemasons" [freemasons]

• Plural form of freemason. (noun)

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• "Hence Speth proposed to interpret the word freemasons as referring to those masons claiming exemption from the control of local guilds of the towns, where they temporarily settled."
• "Eternal enemies of Catholicism, namely the freemasons and the Jews, whose mutual entanglements are not always easy to see through."
• "Laon, it seems, is the true headquarters of the freemasonry of this department, and in the Aisne, to use his language, 'the freemasons are the Government.'"