Definition of Rosicrucianism

1. Noun. The theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection and redemption; claims various occult powers.

Generic synonyms: Theological Doctrine

Definition of Rosicrucianism

1. Noun. A theology of a secret society of mystics, allegedly formed in late medieval Germany, and using (w Rose Cross rose cross) as their symbol. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosicrucianism

Rosenthal
Rosenthal's canal
Rosenthal's vein
Rosenthal fibre
Rosenthaler-Turk reagent
Roser-Nelaton line
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta stone
Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashona
Rosh Hashonah
Rosh Hodesh
Rosicrucian
Rosicrucianism
Rosicrucianist
Rosicrucianists
Rosicrucians
Rosidae
Rosie
Rosina
Roslyn
Rosmarinus
Rosmarinus officinalis
Ross
Ross-Jones test
Ross Island
Ross River fever
Ross River virus

Literary usage of Rosicrucianism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Curiosities of Literature: And Book of the Months by George Soane (1849)
"... are either deceived or deceivers, and that in fact their society sprang out of decayed rosicrucianism just as the beetle is engendered from a muck-heap. ..."

2. Problems of Mysticism and Its Symbolism by Herbert Silberer (1917)
"SECTION IV rosicrucianism AND FREEMASONRY THE previous chapter has shown that there was a higher ... The connection is partly through rosicrucianism. ..."

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