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Webster 1913 Edition
Rosicrucian
Rosˊi-cru′cian
,Noun.
[The name is probably due to a German theologian,
Johann Valentin Andreä
, who in anonymous pamphlets called himself a knight of the Rose Cross
(G. Rosenkreuz
), using a seal with a St. Andrew’s cross and four roses.)] One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, – the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years.
☞ The Rosicrucians also called brothers of the Rosy Cross, Rosy-cross Knights, Rosy-cross philosophers, etc. Among other pretensions, they claimed to be able to transmute metals, to prolong life, to know what is passing in distant places, and to discover the most hidden things by the application of the Cabala and science of numbers.
Rosˊi-cru′cian
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rosicrucian
ROSICRU'CIAN
,Noun.
The Rosicrucians were a sect or cabal of hermetical philosophers, or rather fanatics, who sprung up in Germany in the fourteenth century, and made great pretensions to science; and among other things, pretended to be masters of the secret of the philosopher's stone.
ROSICRU'CIAN
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Rosicrucian
Rosicrucian
English
Noun
Rosicrucian (plural Rosicrucians)
- A 'Brother' of the 'Order of the Rose Cross'; a member of a Rosicrucian Order.
- A member of certain modern groups or organizations formed for the study of Rosicrucianism and allied subjects.
- The Rosicrucian Fellowship
Usage notes
Although most members of the modern Rosicrucian groups and organizations are known as Rosicrucianists, the members of some modern groups designate themselves as Rosicrucians, including those of the Ancient Mystic Order Rosae Crucis.
Translations
member of Rosicrucian Order
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Adjective
Rosicrucian (not comparable)