Except the modern continuation of the organisations of medieval foundation, the title of Grand Master has been used by the heads of Grand Lodges of Freemasons since 1717, and by Odd Fellows since the 18th century.
The title of Grand Master is also used by various other fraternities, including academic ones associated with universities. The national leader of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity goes by the title "Worthy Grand Master".[1] The heads of local chapters use the title of "Grand Master".
Orders of chivalry
A sovereignmonarch often holds the title of Grand Master of the highest honorary dynastic orders of knighthood, or may confer or entrust it upon another person including a prince of the royal family, regularly the heir to the throne, who in other orders may hold another high rank/title.
The term "Sovereign" is generally used in place of "Grand Master" for the supreme head of various orders in Britain and other Commonwealth nations. In the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Grand Master is styled "Sovereign", e.g. Sovereign Grand Master, due to its status as an internationally independent sovereign entity.
In republican nations, a president may also serve as the grand master of the various state orders such as in France, where the president is the grand master of the Legion of Honour,[2] and Portugal.[3]
Hieronymussen, Poul Ohm; Lundø, Jørgen, eds. (1968). Eurooppalaiset kunniamerkit värikuvina [Europæiske ordner i farver] (in Finnish). Translated by Karnila, Christer. Porvoo: WSOY. OCLC 466954328.
Further reading
Micallef, Antonio (2012). Lectures on the Statutes of the Sacred Order of St. John of Jerusalem: at the University (of Studies) of Malta 1792. KIT Scientific Publishing. pp. 233–235. ISBN9783866444027.
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grand, master, order, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, grand, master, order, news, newspapers, books,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Grand master order news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Grand Master Latin Magister Magnus German Grossmeister French Grand Maitre Swedish Stormastare a title of the supreme head of various orders including chivalric orders such as military orders and dynastic orders of knighthood Fra Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2018 to 2020Vittorio Emanuele Prince of Naples as head of the House of Savoy is the Grandmaster of the royal house s ordersThe title also occurs in modern civil fraternal orders such as the Freemasons the Odd Fellows and various other fraternities Additionally numerous modern self styled orders attempt to imitate habits of the former bodies Contents 1 History 1 1 Medieval era 1 2 Modern era 2 Orders of chivalry 3 Fraternal orders 3 1 Freemasonry 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Works cited 6 Further readingHistory EditMedieval era Edit In medieval military orders such as the Knights Templar or the Livonian Brothers of the Sword the Grand Master was the formal and executive head of a military and feudal hierarchy which can be considered a state within the state especially in the crusader context lato sensu notably aimed at the Holy Land or pagan territories in Eastern Europe as well as the reconquista in the Iberian peninsula If an order is granted statehood and thus widely considered sovereign the Grand Master is also its Head of State If within the Holy Roman Empire a Reichsfurst and Head of Government and thus a true territorial Prince of the church as was the case with the Teutonic Knights and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Modern era Edit Except the modern continuation of the organisations of medieval foundation the title of Grand Master has been used by the heads of Grand Lodges of Freemasons since 1717 and by Odd Fellows since the 18th century The title of Grand Master is also used by various other fraternities including academic ones associated with universities The national leader of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity goes by the title Worthy Grand Master 1 The heads of local chapters use the title of Grand Master Orders of chivalry EditA sovereign monarch often holds the title of Grand Master of the highest honorary dynastic orders of knighthood or may confer or entrust it upon another person including a prince of the royal family regularly the heir to the throne who in other orders may hold another high rank title The term Sovereign is generally used in place of Grand Master for the supreme head of various orders in Britain and other Commonwealth nations In the Sovereign Military Order of Malta the Grand Master is styled Sovereign e g Sovereign Grand Master due to its status as an internationally independent sovereign entity In republican nations a president may also serve as the grand master of the various state orders such as in France where the president is the grand master of the Legion of Honour 2 and Portugal 3 Fraternal orders EditFurther information Freemasonry Odd Fellows and Fraternal order Freemasonry Edit Main article Grand Master Masonic In Freemasonry the Grand Master is an office given to a Freemason elected to oversee a Masonic jurisdiction See also EditList of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller Grand Magistry and Lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre Grand Masters of the Knights Templar Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Lazarus Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights Grand Master Masonic References Edit Leadership Hieronymussen amp Lundo 1968 pp 11 132 Hieronymussen amp Lundo 1968 p 165 Works cited Edit Hieronymussen Poul Ohm Lundo Jorgen eds 1968 Eurooppalaiset kunniamerkit varikuvina Europaeiske ordner i farver in Finnish Translated by Karnila Christer Porvoo WSOY OCLC 466954328 Further reading EditMicallef Antonio 2012 Lectures on the Statutes of the Sacred Order of St John of Jerusalem at the University of Studies of Malta 1792 KIT Scientific Publishing pp 233 235 ISBN 9783866444027 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grand master order amp oldid 1160960346, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
