V
The Hebrew letter is vau. The twenty-second letter in the English alphabet, of the Hebrew, numerical value of six. Its definition, a nail, which in form it represents, and as a Divine name connected with it is Vezio, cum splendore or with brilliancy, the V and O in Hebrew being equal. As a Roman numeral [...]
VACANCIES IN OFFICE
Every Masonic officer is elected and installed to hold his office for the time for which he has been elected, and until his successor shall be installed This is in the nature of a contract between the officer and the Lodge, Chapter, or other Body which has elected him, and to its terms he signifies [...]
VAGAO or BAGAOS
Found in the Fourth Degree of the French Rite of Adoption
VALE or VALLEY
The vale or valle or vally was introduced at an early period into the symbolism of Freemasonry. A catechism of the beginning of the eighteenth century says that “the Lodge stands upon holy ground, or the highest hill or lowest vale, or in the vale of Jehoshaphat, or any other secret place.” And Browne, who [...]
VALHALLA
The worth German or Scandinavian hall of the gods.
VALLEY
In the Capitular Degrees of the French Rite, this word is used instead of Orient, to designate the seat of the Chapter. Thus on such a Body a document would be dated from the Valley of Paris, instead of the Orient of Paris. The word, says the Dictionaire Masonnique, is often incorrectly employed to designate [...]
VAN RENSSELAER, KILLIAN HENRY
Born 1799, died Jamlary 28, 1881. A native of Albany, New York State, and descendant of the well-known old Knickerbocker family, whose name he bore. He had held various positions ire Craft Massonry, but in 1824 he became prominent in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, to which he devoted himself for the remainder of [...]
VASSAL, PIERRE GERARD
A French physician and Masonic writer, who was born at Manosques, in France, October 24, 1769. He was intended by his parents for the Church, and entered the Seminary of Marseilles for the purpose of pursuing his ecclesiastical studies. At the commencement of the revolution he left the School and joined the army, where, however, [...]
VAUGHAN, THOMAS
Wrote Famine and Confession of the Fraternity of R. C., and other similar books. Pen name was Eugenius Philalethes.
VAULT OF STEEL
The French title is Voute d’ancier. The French Freemasons so call the Arch of Steel, which see.
