Qualification

Elected by ballot after nomination from other holders of the KYCH at one of the regular meetings. To be qualified you have to have been installed as and some say: "served as... not just installed" as  a:
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Worshipful Master of a Masonic Blue Lodge.
Excellent High priest of a Royal Arch Chapter
Illustrious Master of a Council of Royal and Select Master or Council of Cryptic Masons
Eminent Commander of a Commandery of Knights Templar.
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The letters KYCH stand for Knight York Cross of Honor. The four color four
ribbon cord representing the colors of the four orders are symbolic of:
Blue:  Masonic Lodge
Red:  Royal Arch Chapter
Purple: Cryptic Masons
White: Knights Templars

The rays representing the ever giving flow of light and knowledge by service to the
orders and mankind. The quadrant with the appropriate color for the body served.
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