Noun

(en-plural noun)

Any of various societies, sects or other people claiming religious or intellectual enlightenment.

# Persons in the early church who had received baptism and been given a lighted taper as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they had received.

# Members of a Spanish sect of the sixteenth century, who believed that, by means of prayer, they had attained so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; the Alumbrados or Perfectibilists.

# Members of certain associations in Europe who combined to promote social reform in pursuit of perfection; especially one originated in 1776 by (Adam Weishaupt).

# An obscure sect of French familists.

# The Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists.

# The Rosicrucians.

An alleged global, elite, secret society which has as its ultimate objective the subjugation of humanity (world domination or New World Order).

The methods of control used by "Ming the Merciless, Rules of the Universe" in the 1980 film ''Flash Gordon'' are a metaphor for what some perceive to be the influence of the Illuminati on the real world.

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)

Agent noun of illuminate; one who illuminates; an explainer.

An artist who adds illustrations and decorations to illuminated manuscripts^(w).

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