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lumination rare.|l(j)uːmɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. L. *lūminātiōn-em, n. of action f. lūmināre: see prec.]
A shedding or emission of light. † Also concr. an illumination (cf. luminary n. 2).
1654tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. D j b, The glory of terrestrial Soveraignty..transcendeth..inferiour lights and luminations. 1709Proclamation in K. Steuart By Allan Water iii. (1901) 104 The haill inhabitants to put out and mak luminations in the windows of their houses. 1794J. Hutton Philos. Light etc. 291 Most powerful for exciting heat, proportionally to its lumination. 1858Motley Dutch Rep. Hist. Introd. vii. 39 The liberty of the Netherlands, notwithstanding several brilliant but brief luminations,..seemed to remain in almost perpetual eclipse. |