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LODGE , a dwelling-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, small and usually temporary, a hut, See also:

booth or See also:

TENT

tent. The word was in M. Eng. logge, from Fr. loge, See also:

ARBOUR, or ARBOR (originally " herber " or " erber," O. Fr. herbier, from Lat. herbarium, a collection of herbs, herba, grass; the word came to be spelt " arber " through its pronunciation, as in the case of Derby, and by the 16th century was written " ar

arbour, in See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

French a hut; also See also:

box in a See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre; the French word, like the See also:

ITALIAN

Italian loggia, came from the Med. See also:

LAT

Lat. laubia or lobia, the sheltered See also:

PROMENADE

promenade in a See also:

CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister, from which See also:

ENGLISH

English " See also:

LOBBY

lobby " is derived. The Latin is of See also:

Teutonic origin from the word which survives in the Mod. Ger. See also:

LAUBE, HEINRICH (1806–1884)

Laube, an arbour, but which earlier was used for any hut, booth, &c. The word is probably ultimately from the See also:

root which appears in " See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf," meaning a rough shelter of foliage or boughs. The word is especially used of a See also:

house built either in a See also:

FOREST

forest or away from habitation, where See also:

PEOPLE

people stay for the purpose of See also:

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport, as a " See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting lodge," " See also:

SHOOTING

shooting lodge," &c. The most frequent use of the word is of a small See also:

BUILDING

building, usually placed at the entrance to an See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate or See also:

park and inhabited by a dependant of the owner. In the same sense the word means the See also:

ROOM

room or box inhabited by the See also:

porter of a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, factory or public institution. Among Freemasons and other See also:

SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies the " lodge " is the name given to the See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-place of the members of the See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch or See also:

DISTRICT

district, and is applied to the members collectively as " a meeting of the lodge." The governing See also:

BODY

body of the Freemasons presided over by the See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master is called the " Grand Lodge." At the university of See also:

Cambridge the house where the See also:

head of a college lives is called the " lodge." Formerly the word was used of the den or lair of an See also:

animal, but is now only applied to that of the See also:

beaver and the See also:

It is also applied to the tent of a See also:

North See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

INDIAN

Indian, a See also:

WIGWAM

wigwam or tepee, and to the number of inhabitants of such a tent. In See also:

MINING

mining the See also:

TERM

term is used of a subterraneous See also:

RESERVOIR

reservoir made at the bottom of the See also:

PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit, or at different levels in the See also:

shaft for the purpose of draining the mine. It is used also of a room or landing-place next to the shaft, for discharging ore, &c.

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