Rosy Cross

English Alternative forms en Rose Cross Etymology calque Calque of the German components of en Rosenkreuz or the Latin in en Rosicrucian, or metonym metonymy from the rose cross symbol. Proper noun Rosy Cross 1 Rosicrucianism en 1848 w:George Lippard Paul Ardenheim, the Monk of Wissahikon 355 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uzU4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA355 “The Rosy Cross! Do you speak of that order so often spoken of in history, but never described—the Rosicrucians?” ¶ “Even so,” whispered Paul. en 1996 Introduction w:Paschal Beverly Randolph Ravalette: The Rosicrucian’s Story https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1XA8y3eZmfEC&pg=PP5 General Hitchcock and Paschal Beverly Randolph were close friends and fellowworkers in the Rosy Cross.