General

Fundamental Rules

of the

Freemasons.

Fundamental Rulesoriginal: "Grundregeln." In a Masonic context, these are the core constitutions or statutes that govern the conduct of the brothers and the administration of the lodge.

Freemasonsoriginal: "Freymaurer." This is an archaic spelling of the modern German word "Freimaurer." The use of the "y" is typical of 18th and early 19th-century German orthography.