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illuminati

[ ih-loo-muh-nah-tee, -ney-tahy ]

plural noun

singular illuminato
  1. persons possessing, or claiming to possess, superior enlightenment.
  2. (initial capital letter) a name given to different religious societies or sects because of their claim to superior enlightenment.


illuminati

1

/ ɪˌːɪˈɑːپː /

plural noun

  1. a group of persons claiming exceptional enlightenment on some subject, esp religion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Illuminati

2

/ ɪˌːɪˈɑːپː /

plural noun

  1. any of several groups of illuminati, esp in 18th-century France
  2. a group of religious enthusiasts of 16th-century Spain who were persecuted by the Inquisition
  3. a masonic sect founded in Bavaria in 1778 claiming that the illuminating grace of Christ resided in it alone
  4. a rare name for the Rosicrucians
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of illuminati1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ūī, plural of ūٳܲ “eԱٱԱ”; illuminate
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of illuminati1

C16: from Latin, literally: the enlightened ones, from ū to illuminate
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It's always, "If we don't win this election, we're gonna go under the control of the Illuminati and the devil's gonna be controlling us for hundreds of years."

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However, with his association with Affleck, I’m worried he’s about to be sucked up into the Boston actor illuminati.

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He joked, “Shouldn’t this gathering be happening in a volcano’s lair near Zurich? Or are we just open-sourcing the Illuminati now?”

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Following the earlier arrest at Buckingham Palace he spoke about the "illuminati" running the world.

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Coull, of Anniesland in Glasgow, who ran the event through his House of Illuminati firm, was accused of “scamming children” by parents outside the event.

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