Alumbrado
noun
Alum·bra·do
variants or less commonly Alombrado
ˌaləmˈbrä(ˌ)t͟hō,
-ä(ˌ)dō
plural -s
: a member of a 16th century mystical Spanish sect striving for spiritual illumination and union with God
called also Perfectibilist
Word History
Etymology
Spanish Alumbrado, literally, illuminated one, from alumbrado illuminated, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin alluminatus, past participle of alluminare to illuminate, from Latin ad- + luminare to illuminate, from lumin-, lumen light
First Known Use
1600, in the meaning defined above