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Illumination   /ɪlˌumənˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Illumination

noun
1.
A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination.  Synonym: light.
2.
The degree of visibility of your environment.
3.
An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding.  Synonyms: clarification, elucidation.
4.
The luminous flux incident on a unit area.  Synonym: illuminance.
5.
Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts).  Synonym: miniature.



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"Illumination" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Breslauers, who had so shortly before joyfully welcomed the conquering Austrians, now desired to convince the King of Prussia that they were his zealous subjects. The evening of the kingly birthday they wished to show the joy of their hearts by a brilliant illumination. ...
— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach
... kept with his tutor. When he left him, he sought his cousin Shirley. This boy differed from his sisters. He was little, lame, and pale; his large eyes shone somewhat languidly in a wan orbit. They were, indeed, usually rather dim, but they were capable of illumination. At times they could not only shine, but blaze. Inward emotion could likewise give colour to his cheek and decision to his crippled movements. Henry's mother loved him; she thought his peculiarities were a mark of election. He was not like other children, ...
— Shirley • Charlotte Bronte
... just light enough to discern the five human forms in the dimness of the garret; the rays of the moon having to find their way through the deep window-embrasures of the keep. Less illumination would have sufficed to disclose the ancient character of the garret, with its low ceiling, and the graduated mouldings of the cornice, giving the effect of a shallow dome. The house stood obviously very high, for one could see from the windows for miles over a bleak country, coldly ...
— The Daughters of Danaus • Mona Caird
... with the forest-wall around it; radiant as of old, when strains of music had been heard within and many figures passed the windows. But now there was light, and not life, and a solitary anti-renter on the lonely road regarded with surprise the unusual illumination. ...
— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham
... A grand illumination of the town in honor of the taking of Rome fifteen years ago. Except Sor Asdrubale, my landlord, who shakes his head at the Piedmontese, as he calls them, the people here are all Italianissimi. The Popes kept them very much down since ...
— Hauntings • Vernon Lee


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