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illuminati

plural noun
il·​lu·​mi·​na·​ti | \ i-ËŒlü-mÉ™-ˈnä-tÄ“ How to pronounce illuminati (audio) \

Definition of illuminati

1 capitalized : any of various groups claiming special religious enlightenment
2 : persons who are or who claim to be unusually enlightened
3 : elite sense 1d members of the academic illuminati
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 Next to me, a Republican delegate on her way back to the convention chatted with the bodyguards about the New World Order, an illuminati plot destined to take over the world and enslave the majority of its people. — Longreads, "The RNC, Revisited," 31 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use of illuminati

1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for illuminati

Italian & New Latin; It, from New Latin, from Latin, plural of illuminatus

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