The York Rite Bodies of Freemasonry are made up of four parts, the Lodge, the Chapter, the Council, and the Commandery. The York Rite has interdependecies with all four parts mentioned above. One must be a Master Mason of a lodge to advance to the Royal Arch Mason (Chapter), then a Royal Arch Mason can advance to the Royal Select Master Mason (Council), once a Royal Select Master Mason, one can petition for the chivalric degrees of the Commandery.
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