| 1st GP | First Grand Principal (Royal Arch) |
| 2nd GP | Second Grand Principal (Royal Arch) |
| 3rd GP | Third Grand Principal (Royal Arch) |
| A | Answer |
| A&AR | Ancient & Accepted Rite (Scottish Rite) |
| AA & EF | Ancient, Accepted & Esoteric Freemasons |
| AAONMS | Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Shriners) |
| AASR or A&ASR | Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite or Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite (without the &) |
| AB | Year of the Blessing (see http://bessel.org/masdates.htm ) |
| A Dep | Year of the Deposit (see http://bessel.org/masdates.htm ) |
| AEAONMS | Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order, Nobles Mystic Shrine (Prince Hall Shriners) |
| AEOS | Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots |
| AF&AM or AFAM | Ancient Free & Accepted Masons |
| AFHR | American Federation of Human Rights (Co-Masonry) |
| AFM | Ancient Free Masons (South Carolina) |
| AGL | Assistant Grand Lecturer |
| AGSW | Assistant Grand Superintendant of Workings (Australia) |
| AH | Anno hebraico (used by AASR) |
| A Inv | Year of the Discovery (see http://bessel.org/masdates.htm ) |
| AL | Year of Light (see http://bessel.org/masdates.htm ) |
| ALR | American Lodge of Research (New York) |
| AM | Year of the World (see http://bessel.org/masdates.htm ) |
| AMD | Allied Masonic Degrees |
| AO | Year of the Order (see http://bessel.org/masdates.htm ) |
| APR or A&PR | Ancient and Primitive Rite |
| AQC | Ars Quatuor Coronatorum (transactions of English research lodge) |
| AR | Year of Revival (see http://bessel.org/masdates.htm ) |
| 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) |
| CMCR | Canonbury Masonic Research Centre, London, England |
| COGMINA = CGMNA | Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America |
| COIFR | Commission on Information for Recognition of the Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America |
| Comp | Companion (Royal Arch and Cryptic Rite, or Royal and Select Masters) |
| CWLR | Civil War Lodge of Research (chartered in Virginia) |
| DC | Director of Ceremonies |
| DDGL | District Deputy Grand Lecturer |
| DDGM | District Deputy Grand Master |
| DEO | District Education Officer |
| DGCHAP | Deputy Grand Chaplain |
| DGDC | Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies |
| DGIW | Deputy Grand Inspector of Workings (Work) |
| DGM | Deputy Grand Master |
| DGZ | Deputy Grand Zerubbabel (First Grand Principal) |
| DH | Droit Humain (Co-Masonry) |
| DIW | District Instructor of Work |
| EA | Entered Apprentice |
| EC | Excellent Companion (Royal Arch) or Excellent Chief (Knight Masons) or English Constitution or Eminent Commander |
| EHP | Excellent High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| EO | Education Officer |
| ERAM | Esoteric Royal Arch Masonry |
| F&AM | Free & Accepted Masons |
| FAAM | Free And Accepted Masons |
| FAAYM | Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons |
| FC | Fellowcraft or Fellow Craft |
| FPOF | Five Points of Fellowship |
| FPS | Fellow of the Philalethes Society or Fellow of the Phylaxis Society or Fellow of Phyllis Chapter |
| GAOTU | Great Architect of the Universe |
| GC | Grand Chief (Knight Masons) |
| GCR | Grand College of Rites |
| GHP | Grand High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| GJD | Grand Junior Deacon |
| GJS | Grand Junior Steward |
| GJW | Grand Junior Warden |
| GK | Grand King (Royal Arch) |
| GL | Grand Lodge or Grand Lecturer |
| GLAE | Grand Lodge of All England |
| GLF or GLoF or GLdF | Grand Lodge of France |
| GLFB | Feminine Grand Lodge of Belgium (Grande Loge Feminine de Belgique) |
| GLFF | Feminine Grand Lodge of France |
| GLFS | Feminine Grand Lodge of Switzerland (Grande Loge Féminine de Suisse) |
| GLNF | National Grand Lodge of France (Grand Loge Nationale Francais) |
| GM | Grand Master |
| GOF or GOdF | Grand Orient of France |
| GOUSA | Grand Orient of the United States of America |
| GS or GSec | Grand Secretary (or GS could be Grand Scribe) |
| GSD | Grand Senior Deacon |
| GSS | Grand Senior Steward |
| GSW | Grand Senior Warden or Grand Superintendant of Workings (Australia) |
| GWM | Grand Worthy Matron |
| GWMM or GWM or GWMNM | George Washington Masonic Memorial (located in Alexandria, Virginia) (previously called George Washington Masonic National Memorial) |
| GWU | George Washington Union |
| HA | Hiram Abif or Abiff |
| HP | High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| HRA | Holy Royal Arch |
| HRAKTP | Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests |
| HTWSSTKS | abbreviation used in Royal Arch Masonry to describe someone in the Royal Arch ritual |
| IG | Inner Guard |
| IGH | Inspector General Honorary (33rd degree) |
| IM | Illustrious Master (Cryptic Rite, or Royal and Select Masters) |
| 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 |
| JMC | Junior Master of Ceremonies |
| JS | Junior Steward |
| JW | Junior Warden |
| K | King (Royal Arch) |
| KCCH | Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (Scottish Rite) |
| KM | Knight Mason or Knight Masons |
| KT | Knights Templar |
| KTP | Knight Templar Priest |
| KYCH | Knight of the York Cross of Honor |
| LDH | Le Droit Humain (Co-Masonry) |
| 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 (recognition of those involved in Masonic education) |
| MC | Master of Ceremonies, Middle Chamber |
| MCL | Middle Chamber Lecture |
| ME | Most Excellent (Royal Arch) or Master Expert (in Scottish Rite Lodges in Louisiana) |
| MEC | Most Excellent Companion (Royal Arch) |
| MEGHP | Most Excellent Grand High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| MEM | Most Excellent Master (Royal Arch) |
| MEZ | Most Excellent Z (Royal Arch) |
| MGMB | making good men better |
| MHC | Masonic High Council |
| MIC | Masonic Information Center (related to MSA – Masonic Service Association) |
| MIGM | Most Illustrious Grand Master (Cryptic Rite) |
| MLC | Masonic Leadership Center |
| MLMA | Masonic Library & Museum Association |
| MM | Master Mason or Mark Master |
| Mon | Monarch (Grotto) |
| MOS | Moment of Silence |
| MOVPER | Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm (Grotto) |
| MPS | Member of the Philalethes Society or Member of the Phylaxis Society or Member of Phyllis Chapter |
| MSA | Masonic Service Association |
| MSANA | Masonic Service Association of North America |
| 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 |
| MWM | most worshipful master |
| NCRL | Northern California Research Lodge |
| NECOMELI | Northeast Conference on Masonic Education & Libraries |
| NMJ | Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (Scottish Rite) |
| OES | Order of the Eastern Star |
| PAGSW | Past Assistant Grand Superintendant of Workings (Australia) |
| PDDGL | Past District Deputy Grand Lecturer |
| PDDGM | Past District Deputy Grand Master |
| PDGM | past district grand master |
| PDM | past district master |
| PGBHQ | Past Grand Bethel Honored Queen (Job’s Daughters) |
| PGH | Past Grand Haggai (Royal Arch) |
| PGHP | Past Grand High Priest (Royal Arch) |
| PGM | Past Grand Master |
| PGSW | Past Grand Superintendant of Workings (Australia) |
| PHA | Prince Hall Affiliated |
| PHACGM | Prince Hall Conference of Grand Masters |
| PHO | Prince Hall Origin (National Compact) – NOT the same as PHA |
| PHQ | Past Honored Queen (Job’s Daughters) |
| PIM | Past Illustrious Master (Cryptic Rite) |
| PM | Past Master |
| PMA | Past Masters Association |
| Pot | Potentate (Shrine) |
| POTS | Parting on the Square (sometimes used in place of “sincerely” in email messages from one Mason to another) |
| PS | Principal Sojourner (Royal Arch) |
| PSOC | Philalethes Society listserv (email group) |
| PW | Password |
| PZ | Past Z (what the head of a Royal Arch Chapter is sometimes called) |
| QC | Quatuor Coronati (research lodge in London) or Quatuor Coronatorum (proceedings published by that lodge) |
| QCCC | Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle |
| RA | Royal Arch |
| RAC | Royal Arch Captain |
| RAM | Royal Arch Mason or Masonry or Royal Ark Mariner |
| RE | Right Excellent (Royal Arch) or Rite Emuulation (Emulation Rite) |
| REAA | Rite Ecossais Ancien et Accepte – (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite) |
| Rec | Recorder |
| REC | Right Excellent Companion (Royal Arch) |
| RER | Rite Ecossais Rectifie (Scottish Rectified Rite) |
| RF | Rite Français (French Rite) |
| RGLE | Regular Grand Lodge of All England |
| ROS | Royal Order of Scotland |
| RW | Right Worshipful |
| RWB | Right Worshipful Brother |
| S | Scribe (Royal Arch) |
| S&C | Square and Compasses (or Compass) |
| S&F | Sincerely & Fraternally |
| SBF | Society of Blue Friars (association of Masonic authors) |
| SC | Scottish Constitution |
| SCRL | Southern California Research Lodge |
| SD | Senior Deacon |
| SEM | Super Excellent Master (Cryptic Rite) |
| SGC | Sovereign Grand Commander (Scottish Rite) |
| SGD | Senior Grand Deacon |
| SGIG | Sovereign Grand Inspector General (Scottish Rite) |
| SGS | Senior Grand Steward |
| SGW | Senior Grand Warden |
| SJ | Southern Jurisdiction (Scottish Rite) |
| SK | Sir Knight (Commandery and Knight Masons) |
| SMC | Senior Master of Ceremonies |
| SMIB | so mote it be |
| SOF | soc.org.freemasonry (Masonic email group) |
| SRICF | Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis (now called MSRICF – Masonic Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis) |
| SRJ | Scottish Rite Journal |
| SRRS | Scottish Rite Research Society |
| SS | Senior Steward |
| STC | Supreme Tall Cedar |
| SW | Senior Warden |
| 2B1Ask1 | to be one (a mason) ask one |
| TB | Tracing Board |
| TCF | Tres Cher Frere (Very Dear Brother) |
| TIM | Thrice Illustrious Master (Royal and Select Masters) |
| Ty | tyler |
| QC | Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London (research lodge – see AQC) |
| UD | Under Dispensation |
| UGLE | United Grand Lodge of England |
| UGLQ | United Grand Lodge of Queensland (Australia) |
| VSL | Volume of Sacred Law |
| VW | Very Worshipful |
| WB | Worshipful Brother |
| WGAmb | Worshipful Grand Ambassador |
| WM | Worshipful Master |
| WMA | Worshipful Masters Association |
| Wor | Worshipful |