Grand Master (Freemasonry)

This article is about the title in Freemasonry. For Grand Masters in chivalric orders, see Grand Master (order). For other uses, see Grandmaster.

A Grand Master is a title of honour as well as an office in Freemasonry, given to a freemason elected to oversee a Masonic jurisdiction, derived from the office of Grand Masters in chivalric orders. He presides over a Grand Lodge and has certain rights in the constituent Lodges that form his jurisdiction. In most cases, the Grand Master is styled "Most Worshipful Grand Master."

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