What does "illumination" mean?
Illumination: Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
Additional senses
- 2.Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
- 3.That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.
- 4.That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge. The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work. Felton.
- 5.(Theol.) The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration. Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired. Hooker.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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