'Scotch rite' definitions:
Definition of '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.]