Lodge
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Lodge has several meanings, in most cases relating to a meeting or dwelling place. It is also a surname.
[edit] Common nouns
- Black lodge, traditionally a Masonic Lodge fallen into disrepute, but commonly perceived as a meeting place for neo-pagans who believe in black magic.
- Hunting lodge, a place to stay when hunting
- Masonic Lodge, meeting place of Freemasons.
- Ski lodge, a place to stay when skiing
- Beaver's lodge, a nest
- Home of Native Americans
- Hotel, especially with a rustic or wilderness theme, or situated outside a city
- Level of organisation in a fraternal group (i.e. Freemasonry)
- Luxury resorts, which is intimate of size, with a common area, and often also features a mountain or natural location
- A building on a typical British estate in which a family live who are responsible for opening and closing the gates and thereby controlling entry.
[edit] Persons
- Edmund Lodge (1756-1839)
- John C. Lodge (1862–1950), mayor of Detroit, Michigan
- Henry Cabot Lodge (1850–1924), an early 20th century U.S. Senator
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902–1985), grandson, mid-20th century U.S. Senator
- David Lodge (author) (b. 1935), British author
- Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940), British physicist and writer involved the development of the wireless telegraph
[edit] Other
- Lodge (company), a company that makes cast iron cookware
- Lodge Records, a record label