-nrē, -ri noun
Etymology: Middle English fremasonry, from fremason + -ry
1. obsolete : the craft or labor of a freemason
2. usually capitalized : the principles, institutions, or practices of Freemasons — called also Masonry
3. : natural or instinctive fellowship or sympathy
that feeling of participation in the freemasonry of the sea that sets the seaman apart from the ordinary chap — Peter Heaton
there is no freemasonry like the passion for books, unless it be that of love — J.C.Snaith