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<hw>Il*lu"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To light up in token or rejoicing.</def>

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<hw>Il*lu"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illuminatus</ets>, p.p.]</ety> <def>Enlightened.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

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<hw>Il*lu"mi*nate</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.</def>

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<hw>Il*lu`mi*na"ti</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illuminatus</ets>. See <er>Illuminate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Illuminee</er>.]</ety> <def>Literally, those who are enlightened; -- variously applied as follows: -</def>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also <altname>Alumbrados</altname>, <altname>Perfectibilists</altname>, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mod. Hist.)</fld> <def>Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> Also applied to: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An obscure sect of French Familists.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists;</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The Rosicrucians.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.</def>

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<hw>Il*lu"mi*na`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Giving or producing light; used for illumination.</def>

<cs><col>Illuminating gas</col>. <cd>See <er>Gas</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2 <sd>(a)<sd>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Il*lu`mi*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illuminatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>illumination</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See <er>Illuminate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, 3.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>illumination</b> which a bright genius giveth to his work. <i>Felton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.</def>

<blockquote>Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical <b>illumination</b> are inspired. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

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