Definition:
- (v. t.) Literally, those who are enlightened
- (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.
- (v. t.) 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 Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc.
- (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.
- (v. t.) An obscure sect of French Familists;
- (v. t.) The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists;
- (v. t.) The Rosicrucians.
- (v. t.) Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
Compare illuminati with other words:
illuminati vs. illuminator
illuminati vs. illuminism
humanity vs. illuminati
illuminati vs. subjugation
illuminati vs. secret
elite vs. illuminati
illuminati vs. rosicrucian
illuminati vs. quietist
illuminati vs. mystic
hesychast vs. illuminati
familist vs. illuminati
french vs. illuminati
illuminati vs. sect
illuminati vs. reform
illuminati vs. social
illuminati vs. perfectibilist
illuminati vs. prayer
illuminati vs. spanish
illuminati vs. illumination
illuminati vs. spiritual
illuminati vs. taper
baptism vs. illuminati
enlightenment vs. illuminati
illuminati vs. intellectual
illuminati vs. religious
illuminati vs. societies