D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

York rite

/yôrk rīt/ · IPA
01 The rite or ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, deriving its name from the city of York, in England; also, the system itself…
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    The rite or ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, deriving its name from the city of York, in England; also, the system itself, which, in England, confers only the first three degrees.(Freemasonry)