Rosicrucian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rosicrucian \Ros`i*cru"cian\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Rosicrucian \Ros`i*cru"cian\, n. [The name is probably due to a
     German theologian, Johann Valentin Andre[aum], 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.
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     Note: 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.
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