| A&AR |
Ancient & Accepted Rite |
| AAONMS |
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine |
| AASR |
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite or Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite (without the &) |
| AEAONMS |
Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order, Nobles Mystic Shrine |
| AEOS |
Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots |
| AF&AM |
Ancient Free & Accepted Masons |
| AFHR |
American Federation of Human Rights |
| AFM |
Ancient Free Masons |
| AGL |
Assistant Grand Lecturer |
| ALR |
American Lodge of Research |
| AMD |
Allied Masonic Degrees |
| AQC |
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum |
| AYM |
Ancient York Masons |
| Bro |
Brother |
| CBCS |
Chevaliers Biefaisants de La City Sainte (Holy Order of
Knights Beneficient of the Holy City) |
| CH or COH |
Captain of the Host (Royal Arch) |
| Comp |
Companion |
| CWLR |
Civil War Lodge of Research |
| DC |
Director of Ceremonies |
| DDGM |
District Deputy Grand Master |
| DEO |
District Education Officer |
| DGM |
Deputy Grand Master |
| DH |
Droit Humain |
| DIW |
District Instructor of Work |
| EA |
Entered Apprentice |
| EC |
Excellent Companion (Royal Arch) or Excellent Chief
(Knight Masons) or English Constitution |
| EHP |
Excellent High Priest |
| EO |
Education Officer |
| F&AM |
Free & Accepted Masons |
| FAAM |
Free And Accepted Masons |
| FC |
Fellowcraft or Fellow Craft |
| FPS |
Fellow of the Philalethes Society |
| GAOTU |
Great Architect of the Universe |
| GC |
Grand Chief (Knight Masons) |
| GCR |
Grand College of Rites |
| GHP |
Grand High Priest |
| GJD |
Grand Junior Deacon |
| GJS |
Grand Junior Steward |
| GJW |
Grand Junior Warden |
| GK |
Grand King |
| GL |
Grand Lodge |
| GLF or GLoF or GLdF |
Grand Lodge of France |
| GLFB |
Feminine Grand Lodge of Belgium |
| GLFF |
Feminine Grand Lodge of France |
| GLNF |
National Grand Lodge of France |
| GM |
Grand Master |
| GOF |
Grand Orient of France |
| GS or GSec |
Grand Secretary (or GS could be Grand Scribe) |
| GSD |
Grand Senior Deacon |
| GSS |
Grand Senior Steward |
| GSW |
Grand Senior Warden |
| GWMNM or GWM |
George Washington Masonic National Memorial |
| HA |
Hiram Abif or Abiff |
| HP |
High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| HRA |
Holy Royal Arch |
| HRAKTP |
Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests |
| IGH |
Inspector General Honorary (33rd degree) |
| IM |
Illustrious Master |
| IOJD |
International Order of Jobs Daughters |
| IORG |
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls |
| IPR |
Initiation, Passing, and Raising |
| JD |
Junior Deacon |
| JGD |
Junior Grand Deacon |
| JGS |
Junior Grand Steward |
| JGW |
Junior Grand Warden |
| JS |
Junior Steward |
| JW |
Junior Warden |
| K |
King (Royal Arch) |
| KCCH |
Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (Scottish Rite) |
| KT |
Knights Templar |
| KYCH |
Knight of the York Court of Honor |
| LEO |
Lodge Education Officer |
| LIW |
Lodge Instructor of Work |
| M&M |
Memphis & Misraim |
| MasEd |
Masonic Education or Masonic Education Yahoo Group on the
Internet |
| MBBFMN |
Masonic Brotherhood of the Blue Forget Me Not |
| MC |
Master of Ceremonies |
| MCL |
Middle Chamber Lecture |
| ME |
Most Excellent |
| MEC |
Most Excellent Companion |
| MEGHP |
Most Excellent Grand High Priest |
| MEM |
Most Excellent Master |
| MIC |
Masonic Information Center |
| MIGM |
Most Illustrious Grand Master |
| MLC |
Masonic Leadership Center |
| MLMA |
Masonic Library & Museum Association |
| MM |
Master Mason or Mark Master |
| Mon |
Monarch (Grotto) |
| MOVPER |
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
(Grotto) |
| MPS |
Member of the Philalethes Society |
| MSA |
Masonic Service Association |
| MSRICF |
Masonic Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis |
| MW |
Most Worshipful |
| MWA |
Masters and Wardens Association |
| MWB |
Most Worshipful Brother |
| MWGL |
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge |
| MWGM |
Most Worshipful Grand Master |
| NCRL |
Northern California Research Lodge |
| NECOMELI |
Northeast Conference on Masonic Education & Libraries |
| NMJ |
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction |
| OES |
Order of the Eastern Star |
| PDDGM |
Past District Deputy Grand Master |
| PGHP |
Past Grand High Priest |
| PGM |
Past Grand Master |
| PHA |
Prince Hall Affiliated |
| PHO |
Prince Hall Origin (National Compact) |
| PIM |
Past Illustrious Master |
| PM |
Past Master |
| PMA |
Past Masters Association |
| Pot |
Potentate (Shrine) |
| PS |
Principal Sojourner (Royal Arch) |
| PSOC |
Philalethes Society listserv |
| PW |
Password |
| RA |
Royal Arch |
| RAC |
Royal Arch Captain |
| RAM |
Royal Arch Mason or Masonry or Royal Ark Mariner |
| RE |
Right Excellent |
| Rec |
Recorder |
| REC |
Right Excellent Companion |
| ROS |
Royal Order of Scotland |
| RW |
Right Worshipful |
| RWB |
Right Worshipful Brother |
| S |
Scribe (Royal Arch) |
| S&F |
Sincerely & Fraternally |
| SBF |
Society of Blue Friars |
| SC |
Scottish Constitution |
| SCRL |
Southern California Research Lodge |
| SD |
Senior Deacon |
| SEM |
Super Excellent Master |
| SGC |
Sovereign Grand Commander |
| SGD |
Senior Grand Deacon |
| SGIG |
Sovereign Grand Inspector General |
| SGS |
Senior Grand Steward |
| SGW |
Senior Grand Warden |
| SJ |
Southern Jurisdiction |
| SK |
Sir Knight |
| SOF |
soc.org.freemasonry |
| SRJ |
Scottish Rite Journal |
| SRRS |
Scottish Rite Research Society |
| SS |
Senior Steward |
| STC |
Supreme Tall Cedar |
| SW |
Senior Warden |
| TIM |
Thrice Illustrious Master |
| QC |
Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London |
| UD |
Under Dispensation |
| UGLE |
United Grand Lodge of England |
| VSL |
Volume of Sacred Law |
| VW |
Very Worshipful |
| WB |
Worshipful Brother |
| WM |
Worshipful Master |
| WMA |
Worshipful Masters Association |
| Wor |
Worshipful |
