illumination : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: illumination	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for illumination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illumination n a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light" Synonym(s): light, illumination the degree of visibility of your environment an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" Synonym(s): clarification, elucidation, illumination the luminous flux incident on a unit area Synonym(s): illuminance, illumination painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) Synonym(s): miniature, illumination
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illumination \Illu`mina"tion\, n. [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}, v. t., 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.