ancient mystic order rosae crucis








noun

  1. See under Rosicrucian(def 2). Abbreviation: AMORC

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, especially of an organization (Rosicrucian Order or Ancient Mystic Order Rosae Crucis) that is active in America.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Rosicrucians.

noun

  1. a member of a society professing esoteric religious doctrines, venerating the emblems of the rose and Cross as symbols of Christ’s Resurrection and Redemption, and claiming various occult powers

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or designating the Rosicrucians or Rosicrucianism
n.

1620s, from Modern Latin rosa crucis (DuCange) or crux, Latinization of German Rosenkreuz, French rosecroix, from the secret society’s reputed founder Christian Rosenkreuz, said to date from 1484, but not mentioned before 1614. As an adjective from 1660s.

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