Illumination is light. Kids up past their bedtimes have been known to read entire books under their covers using only the illumination from a flashlight.
The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
Noun
painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
Noun
the luminous flux incident on a unit area
Noun
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor''s clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
Noun
the degree of visibility of your environment
Noun
a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God''s light"
n.
The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the
state of being illuminated.
n.
Festive decoration of houses or buildings with
lights.
n.
Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored
illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
v. t.
That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an
ornamented book or manuscript.
v. t.
That which illuminates or gives light; brightness;
splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
v. t.
The special communication of knowledge to the mind
by God; inspiration.
Illumination
The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work.6.
Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired.
The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
Usage Examples
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnd of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness.'
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.