Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IL-LU-MIN-A'TION
IL-LU'MIN-A-TINGIL-LU'MIN-A-TIVE
IL-LU-MIN-A'TION, n.
- The act of illuminating or rendering luminous; the act of supplying with light.
- The act of rendering a house or a town light, by placing lights at the windows, or in elevated situations, as a manifestation of joy; or the state of being thus rendered light.
- That which gives light. The sun – is an illumination created. Ralegh.
- Brightness; splendor.
- Infusion of intellectual light; an enlightening of the understanding by knowledge, or the mind by spiritual light.
- The act, art or practice of adorning manuscripts and books with pictures. Encyc.
- Inspiration; the special communication of knowledge to the mind by the Supreme Being. Hymns and psalms – are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired. Hooker.
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