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▪ I. illuminist1|ɪˈl(j)uːmɪnɪst|
[f. as prec.: see -ist.]
One who holds the doctrine of illuminism; one who claims to have or aims at a high spiritual, intellectual, or moral enlightenment; one of the Illuminati. Also attrib.
1840Fraser's Mag. XXI. 549 Malte-Brun..was likewise an Illuminist refugee. 1866Contemp. Rev. I. 380 The illuminists of last century—Voltaire and his school. 1871Morley Crit. Misc. I. 117 The mystical, or, as he [de Maistre] said, the illuminist side of his mind. 1887Dowden Shelley I. iii. 112 How Sparticus Weishaupt founded the Society of Illuminists.
Hence illumiˈnistic a., pertaining to illuminism, or the illuminists.
1860in Worcester citing Eclectic Rev.
▪ II. iˈlluminist2
[f. illumine v. + -ist.]
A professional illuminator of manuscripts, etc.
1816Singer Hist. Cards 104 Rude outlines..intended to pass through the hands of the Illuminist. |