Definition of Lodges. Meaning of Lodges. Synonyms of Lodges

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Definition of Lodges

Lodge
Lodge Lodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lodging.] 1. To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street. --Chaucer. Stay and lodge by me this night. --Shak. Something holy lodges in that breast. --Milton. 2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer. 3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.
Lodge
Lodge Lodge, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ] 1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden. The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne. 2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert. The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert. --Addison. 3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal. 4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant. He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison. 5. To lay down; to prostrate. Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down. --Shak. To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.

Meaning of Lodges from wikipedia

- are called lodges Local union, some trade unions have local organizations called lodges Grand Lodge of fraternal organization Masonic Lodge, the basic...
- well-established research lodges, which usually meet less frequently than blue lodges and do not confer degrees. In Great Britain, a lodge of instruction (LOI)...
- Grand Lodge of England (Moderns) and formed African Lodge, Number 459. When the two English grand lodges united in 1813, all U.S.-based Lodges were stricken...
- Prince Hall Grand Lodges, most of which are recognized by State grand lodges, and those under the jurisdiction of the National Grand Lodge. Prince Hall Freemasonry...
- an operative lodge) or "speculative" masons, and finally the evolution of purely speculative lodges, and the emergence of Grand Lodges to govern them...
- Freemasonry). By 1889, the IOOF had lodges in every American state. Compared to Masonic lodges, membership in the Odd Fellows lodges tended to be more common among...
- was to be a Protestant defence ****ociation made up of lodges. The prin****l pledge of these lodges was to defend "the King and his heirs so long as he or...
- dams and lodges using tree branches, vegetation, rocks and mud; they chew down trees for building material. Dams restrict water flow, and lodges serve as...
- and communities. Healing lodges were proposed as an alternative for Aboriginal female offenders, but there are now healing lodges for Aboriginal male offenders...
- be a federation of Grand Lodges and members would be free to visit any of the "blue" lodges, in any jurisdiction. All lodge masters would be elected and...