What are referred to as quasi masonic organizations

Groups that are imitative of Masonry, or regarded as irregular or incompatible with the Craft, are categorized as quasi-Masonic and other organizations under Rule 176 of the Constitutions of the United Grand Lodge of England.

Historical revolutionary political bodies have also been characterized as quasi-Masonic due to their structure and customs. The Adelphotis Filodikeon, or Brotherhood of the Friends of Justice, established in Greece around 1821, is recorded as a quasi-Masonic organization in research published in Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. The same designation extends to historical political rebel forces such as the Katipunan in the Philippines, which adopted quasi-Masonic structures and secret passwords, according to research published in Ars Quatuor Coronatorum.