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*ABBREVIATIONS - ACRONYMS*
An acronym is a word formed from the initials of words in a phrase, such as NATO ['neyto] from North Atlantic Treaty Organization or "scuba" from "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus." It is often used to include abbreviations but abbreviations are not all pronounceable words. "DGL" is an abbreviation, not an acronym.
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AMMLA	Association of Masonic Museums, Libraries and Archives
*A.M.O.R.C.*	Ancient & Mystical Order Rosae Crucis	The AMORC association was founded in 1915 in New York
C.A.M.E.A.	Centro Attività Massoniche Esoteriche Accettate	*Used by an irregular Italian GL*
*CLIMAF*	Centre de Liaison International de la Franc-maçonnerie Féminine	Grand Lodges for Women (mostly in Europe) - 1982
*CLIPSAS*	Centre of Liaison and Information of Masonic Powers Signatories of Strasbourg Appeal - 1961 www.clipsas.com/en/home.htm	An international organization of Masonic jurisdictions. These jurisdictions are considered irregular by the United Grand Lodge of England and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodges because they accept women or do not require Masons to have a belief in a Supreme Being.
ISMAP SIMPA	*INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT OF THE MASONIC ADOGMATIC POWERS (in French Secrétariat international Maçonnique des Puissances Adogmatiques)*
CATENA	International Masonic Union Catena - 1961 http://www.catena.org/
*CGLREU*	Confederación de Grandes Logias Regulares de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos	Mexican grand lodges
*CGMNA*	Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America http://www.cgmna.org/	An annual meeting of the Grand Masters of Masons in North America. Currently the membership is the Grand Lodges of the Provinces of Canada, the States of the United States of America, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, the States of Mexico, and the American-Canadian Grand Lodge of Germany.
GL	*Grand Lodge*
*DGL*	*District Grand Lodge*	The United GL of England, Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland often have DGLs operating in the same territory where there is not a national GL.
GO	*Grand Orient*
*I C H F*	*International Conference on the History of Freemasonry* *http://ichf2011.org/*	By holding a biennial conference open to the public, the main purpose of the ICHF is: to promote Freemasonry as a subject for academic study. to present and debate relevant contributions in this area of research. to create a forum for interactions between researchers, experts and a wider audience. to encourage individuals to take an interest and participate in an active exchange of knowledge in the area.
PH	*Prince Hall*
*PHA*	Prince Hall Affiliation
MLMA	Masonic Library & Museum Association	An International Organization of Librarians, Archivists, Curators, & Directors. The MLMA was founded in 1995 by a group of Masonic librarians and museum directors to share their common experiences, interests and ideas.
*U.M.S.O.I.*	Unione Massonica Stretta Osservanza Iniziatica MASONIC UNION OF STRICT INITIATION OBSERVANCE	UMSOI was founded in 1996 with the precise objective of creating a closer relationship between Obediences and Lodges that during the course of time wanted to join albeit maintaining autonomy and individual procedures.






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An International Organization of Librarians, Archivists, Curators, & Directors. The MLMA was founded in 1995 by a group of Masonic librarians and museum directors to share their common experiences, interests and ideas.