Rosy Cross

English

Alternative forms

• Rose Cross

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^[1]:

     General Hitchcock and Paschal Beverly Randolph were close friends and fellowworkers in the Rosy Cross.