Like many groups, DeMolay is full of abbreviations, acronymns, and "for shorts." This short hand can get pretty confusing, especially if you're new to it. So, here's a key to some of the "code words" you're likely to run into in PA DeMolay. Now you can be "in the know" ... or should we say "in the soup?"
- ACR - Advisory Council Registration - refers to either the process or the form.
- AHK - Advisor's Honor Key
- ALOH - The Active Legion of Honor
- AWA - Adult Worker Application, the form that must be filed for every potential adult volunteer in DeMolay.
- Atown - Short for Allentown Chapter
- BHK - Blue Honor Key
- Chev - The Degree of Chevalier
- DAD - The "DeMolay Advisor Development" training course, not to be confused with "Dad," a form of address for
- male Advisors.
- DEO - Deputy Executive Officer
- DI - DeMolay International
- DSA - Distinguished Service Award
- DSMC - Deputy State Master Councilor
- DSOP - Director of the State Officer Program
- EO - Executive Officer
- ES - Executive Secretary
- Etown - Short for Elizabethtown Chapter, or for the PA DeMolay office, as in "the Etown office."
- FBC - Short for Friendship-Bray Chapter
- FLS - First-Line Signer, the first recommender on an application for membership. A "recruiter."
- FSL - Frank Sherman Land, founder of DeMolay.
- FMA - Founder's Membership Award
- GLA - Guild of the Leather Apron ("Advisor of the Year")
- GMC - Grand Master's Class, a state-wide induction held every 2 years in honor of the Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania.
- GW - Short for George Washington Chapter
- HLOH - The Honorary Legion of Honor
- ICS - International Congress Secretary
- IMC - International Master Councilor
- ISC - The International Supreme Council, also just "DeMolay International"
- KeyCru - The Keystone Crusader, PA DeMolay's official newsletter
- KMC (KMU) - The PA DeMolay Key Man Conference (Key Man University)
- LCC - Leadership Correspondence Course
- LOH - The Legion of Honor
- MATOC - The Mid-Atlantic Tournament of Champions ritual competition
- MCC - The Masonic Conference Center, Patton Campus in Elizabethtown
- Obs Card - An Obligations Card, given for demonstrating knowledge of the DeMolay Obligations
- PICS - Past International Congress Secretary
- The Pike or "Pikers" - Chester Pike Chapter and its members.
- PIMC - Past International Master Councilor
- PMC - Past Master Councilor
- PMC-MSA - The Past Master Councilor's Meritorious Service Award
- PSMC - Past State Master Councilor
- PMYF - The Pennsylvania Masonic Youth Foundation
- RD - The Representative DeMolay Award
- RUARD - A "catchy" way of asking "aRe yoU A Representative DeMolay?"
- SJC - State Junior Councilor
- SMC - State Master Councilor
- SSC - State Senior Councilor
- SScr - State Scribe
- ST - State Treasurer
- ZKey - The Zerubbabel Key
Chapter Officers - These abbreviations are commonly used to designate Chapter Officers. In most cases, you can add an "S" in front to designate the corresponding State Officer.
- MC - Master Councilor
- SC - Senior Councilor
- JC - Junior Councilor
- SD - Senior Deacon
- JD - Junior Deacon
- SS - Senior Steward
- JS - Junior Steward
- O - Orator
- Scr - Scribe
- Tr - Treasurer
- Sen - Sentinel
- Ch - Chaplain
- Mar - Marshal
- SB - Standard Bearer
- Al - Almoner
- 1P - First Preceptor
- 2P - Second Preceptor
- 3P - Third Preceptor
- 4P - Fourth Preceptor
- 5P - Fifth Preceptor
- 6P - Sixth Preceptor
- 7P - Seventh Preceptor
We hope you find this resource useful!
Frat! ~ "Dad" Seth Anthony
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