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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Illumination \Il*lu'mi*na"tion\, noun [L. illuminatio: cf. F. illumination.]
1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See {Illuminate}, verb (used with an object), 3.
4. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.
5. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work. --Felton.
6. (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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
illumination
noun
1: a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light" [syn: {light}]
2: the degree of visibility of your environment
3: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" [syn: {clarification}, {elucidation}]
4: the luminous flux incident on a unit area [syn: {illuminance}]
5: painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) [syn: {miniature}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
187 Moby Thesaurus words for "illumination": abstract, abstraction, accomplishments, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, acrylic painting, adjunct, adornment, allegorization, altarpiece, arc lighting, arrangement, attainments, awareness, black and white, block print, brightness, catechization, chiaroscuro, clarification, coaching, collage, color, color patterns, color print, color printing, coloration, coloring, contrast, copy, cracking, cyclorama, daub, decipherment, decoding, decor, decoration, decorative lighting, demonstration, demythologization, didactics, diptych, direct lighting, direction, dyeing, edification, editing, education, elaboration, electric lighting, elucidation, emanation, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroidery, emendation, encaustic cerography, encaustic painting, engraving, enlightenment, euhemerism, exegesis, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, festoon lighting, finger painting, floodlighting, flourish, flower arrangement, flower painting, fluorescence, fluorescent lighting, fresco, fresco painting, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, gaslighting, genre painting, glow lighting, gouache, grisaille, guidance, highlight, highlights, icon, illustration, image, impasto, incandescence, incandescent lighting, indirect lighting, information, insight, instruction, irradiance, irradiancy, irradiation, learning, liberal education, light, light and shade, light source, lighting, likeness, lithography, luminosity, luminous energy, miniature, monochrome, montage, mosaic, mural, mural painting, oil painting, ornament, ornamentation, overhead lighting, painting, panorama, pedagogics, pedagogy, phosphorescence, photograph, photosensitivity, picture, picturization, pigmentation, portraiture, poster painting, print, private teaching, programmed instruction, radiance, radiancy, radiant energy, radiation, rationale, reason, reeducation, representation, reproduction, revelation, schooling, self-instruction, self-teaching, sidelight, simplification, solution, sophistication, spoon-feeding, spot lighting, stage lighting, stained glass window, staining, stencil, still life, store of knowledge, strip lighting, tableau, tapestry, teaching, the brush, tinction, tinging, tinting, tonality, trim, trimming, triptych, tuition, tutelage, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship, understanding, unlocking, visible radiation, wall painting, wash, wash drawing, window dressing
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