illuminati
pronunciation
How to pronounce illuminati in British English:
UK [ɪˌlu:mɪ'nɑ:tɪ]
How to pronounce illuminati in American English:
US [ɪˌluməˈnɑti]
Word Origin
- illuminati (n.)
- 1590s, plural of Latin illuminatus "enlightened" (in figurative sense), past participle of illuminare (see illumination). Originally applied to a 16c. Spanish sect (the Alumbrados), then to other sects; since 1797 used as a translation of German Illuminaten, name of a secret society founded 1776 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and holding deistic and republican principles; hence used generally of free-thinkers and sarcastically of those professing intellectual enlightenment (1816). Related: Illuminatism; illuminatist.
Example
- 1. The illuminati ? They disappeared hundreds of years ago.did they ?
- 2. I thought the illuminati controlled organized crime .
- 3. Some people fear that the illuminati will take advantage of the problems you are experiencing , to bring in world government .
- 4. So let me tell you what the illuminati are doing these days .
- 5. Section e - this is an emergency action message signed by a hidden illuminati marker .