rosicrucian Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society
  2. noun a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore
  3. adjective of or relating to the Rosicrucians

WordNet

Ros`i*cru"cian noun
Etymology
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.)
Definitions
  1. 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.
Ros`i*cru"cian adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.

Webster 1913