Ros`i*cru"cian (?), n. [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.
&fist; 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.
Ros`i*cru"cian (?), a. Of or
pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.
Ros`i*cru"cian (?), n. [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.
&fist; 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.
Ros`i*cru"cian (?), a. Of or
pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.
