The term " Masonry in our country, in its very broadest meaning, covers a multitude of Orders, Rites, and Degrees — regular, irregular and clandestine — male and female — recognised and unrecognised — line and side bodies.
In fact, its heterogeneousness is astounding, even to our own brethren who, for the most part, are ignorant of this multiplicity.
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1932 - What the Term Masonry Means in the USA - Bro H V B Voorhis.