Knight Commander
Court of Honour
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The Rank of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour is not a Degree but an
Investiture bestowed upon members deserving recognition for faithful services to
the Rite. The respective Sovereign Grand Inspectors General or Deputies likewise
nominate members for this honor, and these must also be unanimously approved by
The Supreme Council. This Investiture is a prerequisite of receiving the
Thirty-third Degree at some later time, though relatively few receive this
distinction.
A Knight Commander of the Court of Honour is a Scottish Rite rank peculiar to
the Southern Jurisdiction, except that our Supreme Council has permitted the
Supreme Council for the Philippines (part of our Jurisdiction until 1949) to
continue the practice as one of their special honors bestowed.
The cap of the Knight Commander Court of Honour is red with a darker red band
trimmed in gold. In the center front is a representation of the Knight Commander
Jewel, a Passion Cross with fancy arms, featuring in the center a trefoil
embroidered in green encircled by the "Kt Comm:., Court of Honour" embroidered in
gold. The symbol used here, the tripod :., was regularly used in formal Masonic
documents in place of a period in the abbreviation of formal titles. Its use is
maintained as a tribute to the Craft’s distinguished past in much Masonic
writing today, such as in the Scottish Rite Journal, but it may be and often is
replaced by a standard period.
KCCH Jewel