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A guild is normally a craft or trade organization. "Lodge" has many meanings, but the relevant one is a local branch or meeting place of a fraternal organization. The situation with Freemasonry ma...
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A guild is normally a craft or trade organization. "Lodge" has many meanings, but the relevant one is a local branch or meeting place of a fraternal organization. The situation with Freemasonry may be confusing because the Freemasons grew out of the guilds of stonemasons. Today they call their local organizations lodges, and some other fraternal organizations do the same.