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noun
1.
an act or instance of illuminating.
2.
the fact or condition of being illuminated.
3.
a decoration of lights, usually colored lights.
4.
Sometimes, illuminations. an entertainment, display, or celebration using lights as a major feature or decoration.
5.
EXPANDintellectual or spiritual enlightenment.
6.
Also called illuminance, intensity of illumination. Optics. the intensity of light falling at a given place on a lighted surface; the luminous flux incident per unit area, expressed in lumens per unit of area.
7.
a supply of light: a source of illumination.
8.
decoration of a manuscript or book with a painted design in color, gold, etc.
9.
COLLAPSEa design used in such decoration.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin illūminātiōn- (stem of illūminātiō) spiritual enlightenment (Latin: illustriousness, glory) See illuminate, -ion
1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin illūminātiōn- (stem of illūminātiō) spiritual enlightenment (Latin: illustriousness, glory) See illuminate, -ion
Related forms
il·lu·mi·na·tion·al, adjective
non·il·lu·mi·na·tion, noun
pre·il·lu·mi·na·tion, noun
re·il·lu·mi·na·tion, noun
Synonyms
5. knowledge, revelation, insight, wisdom.
5. knowledge, revelation, insight, wisdom.
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Word Origin & History
illumination
mid-14c., "spiritual enlightenment," from O.Fr. illumination, from L. illuminationem (nom. illuminatio), from illuminare "to throw into light," from in- "in" (with assimilation of -n- to the following consonant) + lumen (gen. luminis) "light." Meaning "the action of lighting" is from 1560s. Illuminate
EXPAND(M.E. enlumyen) originally meant "decorate written material with gold, silver, bright colors;" sense of "shining light on" first recorded 1560s. (Illumine in this sense is from late 14c.)
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