In the early Anglo Saxon, German, or Scandinavian languages the noun ?land? meant the same as in modern English, although as a verb it meant ?come to land,? a meaning reflected in our custom of saying a man lands from a ship, etc. ?Mark? is found in almost all European languages, and derives from the Latin margo, edge, boundary, whence our margin, mark, and cognate terms. A ?landmark? is some mark, line or object to indicate a boundary. The landmarks of Masonry are those principles by which the Craft is bounded, that is, marked off from all other societies and associations and with-out which it would lose its identity. |
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