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Odd Fellows

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Odd Fellows, or Oddfellows, also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship, is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. [1]

38 relations: Catholic Church, Catholic emancipation, Civil liberties, Diomede Falconio, Elizabeth I of England, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fraternal order, Fraternity, Freemasonry, George IV of the United Kingdom, Golden Rule, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America, Grand United Order of Oddfellows, Guild, Henry VIII of England, House of Stuart, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity, International Association of Rebekah Assemblies, Jacobite risings, John Wilkes, Judeo-Christian, Knights of Pythias, Nero, Newburgh, Fife, Papal diplomacy, Phoenix, Arizona, Political repression, Sheffield, Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet, Sons of Temperance, Southwark, Syndicate, Thomas Wildey, Titus, Unlawful Oaths Act, Unlawful Societies Act, William III of England.

Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Catholic emancipation

Catholic emancipation or Catholic relief was a process in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century that involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws.

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Civil liberties

Civil liberties or personal freedoms are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation, without due process.

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Diomede Falconio

Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, OFM (20 September 1842 – 8 February 1917) was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Fraternal order

A fraternal order is a fraternity organised as an order, with traits alluding to religious, chivalric or pseudo-chivalric orders, guilds, or secret societies.

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Fraternity

A fraternity (from Latin frater: "brother"; "brotherhood"), fraternal order or fraternal organization is an organization, a society or a club of men associated together for various religious or secular aims.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover following the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten years later.

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Golden Rule

The Golden Rule (which can be considered a law of reciprocity in some religions) is the principle of treating others as one would wish to be treated.

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Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America

The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American Jurisdiction is a jurisdiction of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows in the United States Jamaica Canada South America etc.

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Grand United Order of Oddfellows

Grand United Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society (GUOOFS) is an odd fellows grand lodge founded in 1798 and based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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Guild

A guild is an association of artisans or merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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House of Stuart

The House of Stuart, originally Stewart, was a European royal house that originated in Scotland.

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fraternal order founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity

The Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society Limited, also called the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows; trading as The Oddfellows, is a fraternal order founded in Manchester in 1810.

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International Association of Rebekah Assemblies

The Daughters of Rebekah, also known as the Rebekahs and the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies, is an international service-oriented organization and a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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Jacobite risings

The Jacobite risings, also known as the Jacobite rebellions or the War of the British Succession, were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in Great Britain and Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746.

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John Wilkes

John Wilkes (17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) was an English radical, journalist, and politician.

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Judeo-Christian

Judeo-Christian is a term that groups Judaism and Christianity, either in reference to Christianity's derivation from Judaism, both religions common use of the Torah, or due to perceived parallels or commonalities shared values between those two religions, which has contained as part of Western culture.

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Knights of Pythias

The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded in Washington, D.C., on 19 February 1864.

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Nero

Nero (Latin: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 15 December 37 – 9 June 68 AD) was the last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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Newburgh, Fife

Newburgh is a royal burgh and parish of Fife, Scotland, having a population of 2,171 (est 2011).

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Papal diplomacy

Nuncio (officially known as an Apostolic nuncio and also known as a papal nuncio) is the title for an ecclesiastical diplomat, being an envoy or permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or international organization.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Political repression

Political repression is the persecution of an individual or group within society for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or preventing their ability to take part in the political life of a society thereby reducing their standing among their fellow citizens.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet of Thornhill FRS (18 July 1726 – 10 January 1784) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1759 to 1783.

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Sons of Temperance

The Sons of Temperance was a brotherhood of men who promoted the temperance movement and mutual support.

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Southwark

Southwark is a district of Central London and part of the London Borough of Southwark.

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Syndicate

A syndicate is a self-organizing group of individuals, companies, corporations or entities formed to transact some specific business, to pursue or promote a shared interest.

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Thomas Wildey

Thomas Wildey (1782–1861) was the founder of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) in North America.

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Titus

Titus (Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus; 30 December 39 – 13 September 81 AD) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81.

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Unlawful Oaths Act

The Unlawful Oaths Act 1797 (37 Geo. III, c. 123) was an Act passed by the British Parliament.

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Unlawful Societies Act

The Act against Unlawful Combinations and Confederacies, known as the Unlawful Societies Act or Corresponding Societies Act, (39 Geo. III c79) was an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1799, as part of measures by Pitt the Younger to suppress republican opposition.

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William III of England

William III (Willem; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672 and King of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows

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