"The Ancient Landmarks are those fundamental principles which characterize Masonry as defined by the Charges of a Freemason, and without which the institution cannot be identified as Masonry, combined with the essentials of the unwritten language by which brethren distinguish each other as Masons "

Adopted as definition by Masonic Congress at Chicago, 1893, for the Grand Lodge of Illinois.

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