'Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite' definitions:

Definition of 'Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite'

From: GCIDE
  • Scotch rite \Scotch rite\ (Freemasonry) The ceremonial observed by one of the
  • Masonic systems, called in full the {Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite}; also, the system itself, which confers thirty-three degrees, of which the first three are nearly identical with those of the York rite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]