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单词 Rosicrucian
释义 Rosicrucian
 /roh'zi krooh"sheuhn, roz'i-/,  n.  
  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, esp. of an organization (Rosicrucian Order or Ancient Mystic Order Rosae Crucis) that is active in America.
  adj.  
  3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Rosicrucians.
 [1615-25; < L Rosicruc- (Latinized form of (Christian) Rosenkreuz, name of the supposed 15th-century founder of the society, equiv. to ros(a) ROSE + -i- -I- + cruc- (s. of crux) CROSS) + -IAN]
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