1A skilled mason, especially one who oversees the construction of buildings.
领班石匠；技艺高超的石匠
master mason at the Tower of London
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Before the 20th century, house construction was traditionally the task of a village's master mason who selected, in consultation with the client, one of the common plan types and proceeded without any formal documents.
The job requires a master mason to set the first course, grout bond beams, and install and tension the post-tension tendons.
The identities of the architects - or more precisely of the master masons - responsible for both buildings are unknown.
The master masons carved almost every centimetre of the central shrine's surfaces with religious reliefs.
Anyone who arrived at the building site and claimed that they were a master mason would be tested by the Master Mason and by master masons already working on the site.
2A fully qualified Freemason.
共济会正式会员
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It's also true that he was a Master Mason of the 33rd Degree, the highest you may rise, which is why I believe it was named Club 33 (there are many other theories).
Socrates, James believes, was initiated as a Master Mason.
In those days the office of Master Mason seems to have been held for life.
My Father is a 32nd degree Mason, as was his father a Master Mason and a 7th Day Adventist.
At this meeting, eighteen Master Masons signed the petition, praying for a Charter from Grand Lodge.
Definition of master mason in US English:
master mason
noun
1A skilled mason, especially one who employs other workers.
领班石匠；技艺高超的石匠
master mason at the Tower of London
Example sentencesExamples
The job requires a master mason to set the first course, grout bond beams, and install and tension the post-tension tendons.
The identities of the architects - or more precisely of the master masons - responsible for both buildings are unknown.
The master masons carved almost every centimetre of the central shrine's surfaces with religious reliefs.
Anyone who arrived at the building site and claimed that they were a master mason would be tested by the Master Mason and by master masons already working on the site.
Before the 20th century, house construction was traditionally the task of a village's master mason who selected, in consultation with the client, one of the common plan types and proceeded without any formal documents.
2A fully qualified Freemason.
共济会正式会员
Example sentencesExamples
Socrates, James believes, was initiated as a Master Mason.
My Father is a 32nd degree Mason, as was his father a Master Mason and a 7th Day Adventist.
At this meeting, eighteen Master Masons signed the petition, praying for a Charter from Grand Lodge.
In those days the office of Master Mason seems to have been held for life.
It's also true that he was a Master Mason of the 33rd Degree, the highest you may rise, which is why I believe it was named Club 33 (there are many other theories).