Rosy Cross

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Calque of the German components of Rosenkreuz or the Latin in Rosicrucian, or metonymy from the rose cross symbol.

Proper noun

the Rosy Cross

  1. Rosicrucianism
    • 1848, George Lippard, Paul Ardenheim, the Monk of Wissahikon, page 355:
      “The Rosy Cross! Do you speak of that order so often spoken of in history, but never described—the Rosicrucians?” ¶ “Even so,” whispered Paul.
    • 1996, “Introduction”, in Paschal Beverly Randolph, Ravalette: The Rosicrucian’s Story‎:
      General Hitchcock and Paschal Beverly Randolph were close friends and fellowworkers in the Rosy Cross.
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