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illuminati
1.
persons possessing, or claiming to possess, superior enlightenment.
2.
(initial capital letter) a name given to different religious societies or sects because of their claim to superior enlightenment.
Origin of illuminati
Examples from the Web for illuminati
Contemporary Examples
- As a noted feminist/ illuminati member/ Goddess/ walking Instagram video, Beyoncé certainly wears many hats/ veils/ body suits.
- The symbol is sometimes associated with the illuminati, but that same symbol also dates back to ancient Egypt.
- For example, a website accumulated all of my music videos to point out perceived illuminati images.
- She believes the illuminati are leaving secret clues in, among other places, the viral Kony 2012 video.
- illuminati is the plural of illuminatus, which means “enlightened.”
Historical Examples
- Many of the Freemasons of France in 1787 were thus not conscious allies of the illuminati.Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster
- The illuminati, brothers and friends of Montgelas, have not been idle in that country.Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete Lewis Goldsmith
- The perfidy of the illuminati with regard to the Freemasons is therefore apparent.Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster
- Curses and persecution for the devil's offspring, the illuminati, we swear!Old Fritz and the New Era Louise Muhlbach
- Indeed this melancholy account is to be found in many passages of the private correspondence of the illuminati.
British Dictionary definitions for illuminati
illuminati
/ɪˌluːmɪˈnɑːtiː/
plural noun (sing) -to (-təʊ)
1.
a group of persons claiming exceptional enlightenment on some subject, esp religion
Word Origin
C16: from Latin, literally: the enlightened ones, from illūmināre to illuminate
Illuminati
/ɪˌluːmɪˈnɑːtiː/
plural noun (sing) -to (-təʊ)
1.
any of several groups of illuminati, esp in 18th-century France
2.
a group of religious enthusiasts of 16th-century Spain who were persecuted by the Inquisition
3.
a masonic sect founded in Bavaria in 1778 claiming that the illuminating grace of Christ resided in it alone
4.
a rare name for the Rosicrucians
Word Origin and History for illuminati
n.
1590s, plural of Latin illuminatus "enlightened" (in figurative sense), past participle of illuminare (see illumination). Originally applied to a 16c. Spanish sect (the Alumbrados), then to other sects; since 1797 used as a translation of German Illuminaten, name of a secret society founded 1776 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and holding deistic and republican principles; hence used generally of free-thinkers and sarcastically of those professing intellectual enlightenment (1816). Related: Illuminatism; illuminatist.
