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https://www.masonicdictionary.com/operative.html

 

>Operative Masons

 

>We distinguish Operative Masons, builders of the Middle Ages, founders of Masonry, from Spectulative Masons, present members of the Fraternity, using the buildersďż˝ tools as emblems and symbols. The Latin for toil, or work, was opus, still usedďż˝ in that form in English to signify a musical or literary achievement. Opus was the root of operari, to work, whence we have our operate, operative, operation, opera, operator, and many others. The Operative Mason was one who toiled at building in the plain, literal sense of the word.