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illuminati

il·lu·mi·na·ti [ i lmi ntee ] or Il·lu·mi·na·ti [ i lmi ntee ]


plural noun 
Definition:
 
group claiming enlightenment: a group claiming to have received special religious or spiritual enlightenment, especially an 18th-century German secret society with deist and republican ideas

[Late 16th century. Via Italian< Latin, plural of illuminatus< past participle of illuminare (see illuminate)]
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