Passed

from the book Encylcopedia of Freemasonry & its Kindred Sciences
by Albert C. Mackey M. D.

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Passed - A candidate, on receiving the Second Degree, is said to be "passed as a Fellow Craft." It alludes to his having passed through the porch to the Middle Chamber of the Temple, the place in which Fellow-Crafts received their wages. In America, Crafted is often improperly used in its stead.