FromMiddle Englishmasonry,masonrie, partly fromOld Frenchmaçonerie and partly frommason +-ry.
masonry (countable anduncountable,pluralmasonries)
- Theart oroccupation of amason.
He studiedmasonry for five years.
- Thework orperformance of amason.
Themasonry was exquisite.
- That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like.
Themasonry was cracked.
1980, Robert M. Jones, editor,Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books,→ISBN, page56:Many houses built between the Civil War and 1940 havemasonry walls, usually of brick, with the inside surfaces covered by a layer of plaster.
- The craft, institution, or mysteries ofFreemasons;Freemasonry.
art or occupation of a mason
work or performance of a mason
that which is built by a mason
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