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Ro⋅si⋅cru⋅cian

  [roh-zi-kroo-shuhn, roz-i-]
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–noun
1. (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
2. a member of any of several later or modern bodies or societies professing principles derived from or attributed to the earlier Rosicrucians, esp. of an organization (Rosicrucian Order or Ancient Mystic Order Rosae Crucis) that is active in America.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Rosicrucians.
Origin:
1615–25; < L Rosicruc- (Latinized form of (Christian) Rosenkreuz, name of the supposed 15th-century founder of the society, equiv. to ros(a) rose + -i- -i- + cruc- (s. of crux) cross ) + -ian
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Ro·si·cru·cian   (rō'zĭ-krōō'shən, rŏz'ĭ-)   
n.  

  1. A member of an international organization, especially the Ancient Mystic Order Rosae Crucis and the Rosicrucian Order, devoted to the study of ancient mystical, philosophical, and religious doctrines and concerned with the application of these doctrines to modern life.

  2. A member of any of several secret organizations or orders of the 17th and 18th centuries concerned with the study of religious mysticism and professing esoteric religious beliefs.

adj.  Of or relating to Rosicrucians or their philosophy.

[From New Latin (Frāter) Rosae Crucis, (Brother) of the Cross of the Rose, translation of German Rosenkreutz, surname of the traditional founder of the society.]
Ro'si·cru'cian·ism n.
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Word Origin & History

Rosicrucian 
1624 (n.), 1662 (adj.), from Mod.L. rosa crucis (DuCange) or crux, Latinization of Ger. Rosenkreuz, Fr. rosecroix, from the secret society's reputed founder Christian Rosenkreuz, said to date from 1484, but not mentioned before 1614.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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