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illuminists

illuminists is the plural of illuminist.

Meaning of illuminist

Noun

illuminist (plural illuminists)

  1. Someone who subscribes to the doctrine of illuminism, or who claims to have achieved spiritual illumination; one of the Illuminati.
    • For some years, the Swedenborgians had been corresponding with fellow Illuminists in Poland, Germany, Sweden and France, and they were eager to learn more about the mystical and millenarian prophecies emanating form their lodges.2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico, published 2007, page 218

Questions about illuminists

What is illuminists the plural of?
Illuminists is the plural of illuminist.

Words near illuminists in the dictionary

  1. illuminings
  2. illuminism
  3. illuminisms
  4. illuminist
  5. illuministic
  6. illuminists
  7. illuminize
  8. illuminized
  9. illuminizes
  10. illuminizing
  11. illuminometer

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