Definition of illuminati

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Illuminati (v. t.) 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..

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Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light..
Enlimn :: Enlimn (v. t.) To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript..
Lightness :: Lightness (n.) Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room..
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge..
Illuminee :: Illuminee (n.) One of the Illuminati.
Theosophy :: Theosophy (n.) Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the
Phase :: Phase (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon..
Illuminatism :: Illuminatism (n.) Illuminism.
Gaslight :: Gaslight (n.) The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
Carburize :: Carburize (v. t.) To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.
Perfectibilist :: Perfectibilist (n.) A perfectionist. See also Illuminati, 2..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) The Rosicrucians.
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
Gasoline :: Gasoline (n.) A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor..
Illuminism :: Illuminism (n.) The principles of the Illuminati.
Reillumination :: Reillumination (n.) The act or process of enlightening again.
Illuministic :: Illuministic (a.) Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati..
Cosmorama :: Cosmorama (n.) An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality..
Carburetor :: Carburetor (n.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) 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..
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