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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FELLOW-CRAFT, n. comb. Orig. one who has passed his apprenticeship and attained to full membership of his craft, a journeyman; hence applied to one of corresponding rank in Freemasonry, one who has taken the second degree. See Craft, n.²Sc. 1721 in R. F. Gould Collected Essays and Papers Relating to Freemasonry (1913) 109:
Being examined was duely past from the Square to the Compass, and from an entered prentice to a Fellow of Craft.Sc. 1723 J. Anderson Constitutions of the Freemasons 51:
Learning the Art, of serving his Master's Lord, and of being made a Brother, and then a Fellow-Craft in due time.Sc. 1882–7 R. F. Gould Hist. Freemasonry III. 293:
The compound word Fellow-craft, which is plainly of Scottish derivation.Sc. 1950 B. E. Jones Freemasons' Guide 182:
Peculiarly important are Anderson's uses of Scots terms, which undoubtedly have had a lasting influence on masonic ritual. . . . He uses for the first time in an English work the term “Fellow Craft” or “Fellow of Craft,” a constantly recurring phrase in Scots operative masonry.