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The Order of Knights of the York Cross of Honour is conferred only upon
those York Rite Masons who are recommended and have presided as the Master
of a Symbolic Blue Lodge, the High Priest of a Royal Arch Chapter, the
Master of a Cryptic Council, and the Commander or Preceptor of a Knight
Templar Commandery or Preceptory. It cannot be awarded posthumously or
honorary. The recipient may use the post nominal KYCH after their name or
signature.
A Knight of the York Cross of Honour who has served as the Grand
Presiding Officer of one of the qualifying bodies is invested with the rank
and dignity of a Knight of the York Grand Cross of Honour, with the a
quadrant of the appropriate color added to his jewel, and may use the post
nominal KYGCH after his name or signature. For each additional Grand Body
he presides over, an additional quadrant is added. The quadrants are in
symbolic colors for each body, blue for Craft Masonry, red for Capitular
Masonry, Purple for Cryptic Masonry, and white for Chivalric Masonry. For
those few exceptional individuals who are holders of all four quadrants, the
informal nickname of "four-star general" is sometimes used in references
toward the honoree. |
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