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ACR - Advisory Council Registration - refers to either
the process or the form.
AHK - Advisor's Honor Key
ALOH - The Active Legion of Honor
AWP - Adult Worker Profile, the form that must be
filed for every potential adult volunteer in DeMolay.
Atown - Short for Allentown Chapter
BHK - Blue Honor Key
Chev - The Degree of Chevalier
DAD - The "DeMolay Advisor Development"
training course, not to be confused with "Dad,"
a form of address for male Advisors.
DEO - Deputy Executive Officer
DI - DeMolay International
DSA - Distinguished Service Award
DSMC - Deputy State Master Councilor
DSOP - Director of the State Officer Program
EO - Executive Officer
ES - Executive Secretary
Etown - Short for Elizabethtown Chapter, or for the
PA DeMolay office, as in "the Etown office"
FBC - Short for Friendship-Bray Chapter
FLS - First-Line Signer, the first recommender on
an application for membership. A "recruiter."
FSL - Frank Sherman Land, founder of DeMolay.
FMA - Founder's Membership Award
GLA - Guild of the Leather Apron ("Advisor of
the Year")
GMC - Grand Master's Class, a state-wide induction
held every 2 years in honor of the Grand Master of Masons
in Pennsylvania.
GW - Short for George Washington Chapter
HLOH - The Honorary Legion of Honor
ICS - International Congress Secretary
IMC - International Master Councilor
ISC - The International Supreme Council, also just
"DeMolay International"
KeyCru - The Keystone Crusader, PA DeMolay's
official newsletter
KMC - The PA DeMolay Key Man Conference
LCC - Leadership Correspondence Course
LOH - The Legion of Honor
MATOC - The Mid-Atlantic Tournament of Champions ritual
competition
MCC - The Masonic Conference Center, Patton Campus
in Elizabethtown
NCB - Short for New Castle Builders Chapter
Obs Card - An Obligations Card, given for demonstrating
knowledge of the DeMolay Obligations
PICS - Past International Congress Secretary
PIMC - Past International Master Councilor
PMC - Past Master Councilor
PMC-MSA - The Past Master Councilor's Meritorious
Service Award
PSMC - Past State Master Councilor
PMYF - The Pennsylvania Masonic Youth Foundation
RD - The Representative DeMolay Award
RUARD - A "catchy" way of asking "aRe
yoU A Representative DeMolay?"
SJC - State Junior Councilor
SMC - State Master Councilor
SSC - State Senior Councilor
SScr - State Scribe
ST - State Treasurer
ZKey - The Zerubbabel Key
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Officers -
These abbreviations are commonly used to designate Chapter
Officers. In most cases, you can add an "S"
in front to designate the corresponding State Officer. |
| MC - Master Councilor |
Ch - Chaplain
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| SC - Senior Councilor |
Mar - Marshal |
| JC - Junior Councilor |
SB - Standard Bearer |
| SD - Senior Deacon |
Al - Almoner |
| JD - Junior Deacon |
1P - First Preceptor |
| SS - Senior Steward |
2P - Second Preceptor |
| JS - Junior Steward |
3P - Third Preceptor |
| O - Orator |
4P - Fourth Preceptor |
| Scr - Scribe |
5P - Fifth Preceptor |
| Tr - Treasurer |
6P - Sixth Preceptor |
| Sen - Sentinel |
7P - Seventh Preceptor |
| Common
Masonic "Soup" -
Here are some Masonic abbreviations you may run into in
DeMolay circles. |
| F&AM
- Free and Accepted Masons (in other states, sometimes
AF&AM, "Ancient Free..." |
| MM
- Master Mason (the 3rd degree in a Masonic Lodge) |
| FC
- Fellowcraft Mason (the 2nd degree in a Masonic Lodge)
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| EA
- Entered Apprentice Mason (the 1st degree in a Masonic
Lodge) |
| WM
- Worshipful Master, the ranking officer in a Masonic
Lodge |
| SW
- Senior Warden, the second ranking officer in a Masonic
Lodge |
| JW
- Junior Warden, the third ranking officer in a Masonic
Lodge |
| RW
- "Right Worshipful" a designation used in front
of certain Grand Officer titles |
| RWGM
- Right Worshipful Grand Master |
| AASR
- Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite |
| RAM
- Royal Arch Masons ("Chapter") |
| RSMM
- Royal and Select Master Masons ("Council")
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| KT
- Knights Templar ("Commandery") |
| AAONMS
- Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine --the
"Shriners" |
| AL/AD
- Anno Lucis ("In the Year of Light)/Anno Domini
("In the Year of Our Lord") |
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