illumination
illumination is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- anastatic
- aquatint
- aquatinta
- autotype
- bite
- block
- bur
- burin
- cerograph
- cerography
- chalcography
- chalk
- chromolithograph
- chromolithography
- color
- copperplate
- cut
- die
- dry
- engrave
- engraved
- engraving
- etch
- etching
- glyphograph
- glyphography
- glyptography
- graphotype
- grave
- graver
- half
- heliotype
- holograph
- illustration
- impression
- initial
- insculptured
- lapidarian
- lapidary
- letter
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is illumination.
- What is festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights called?
- What is adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3 called?
- What is that which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript called?
- What is that which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge. The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work. Felton called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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