illumination > define

noun

• A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination.
  • usage: "follow God's light"
  • synonyms: light
• The degree of visibility of your environment.
• An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding.
  • usage: "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
  • synonyms: clarification, elucidation
• The luminous flux incident on a unit area.
  • synonyms: illuminance
• Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts. ).
  • synonyms: miniature

• (v.t.) That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
• (n.) Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
• (n.) The act of illuminating or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
• (n.) Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
• (v.t.) The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.
• (v.t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.