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One of the Illuminati.

One who, or that which, illuminates.

The principles of the Illuminati.

Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati.

To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati.

Bright; clear. [R.] H. Taylor.

Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless. [R.] Drayton.

Safety; security. [Obs.] Howell.

A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before A. D. 1500.

A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.

See Illumine.

Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.

The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. Gwilt.

The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes.

An interval. [R.] And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.

See Involucel.

A laminated, granular, siliceous rocks, often occurring in regions where the diamond is found.

The lower throat, or that part of the neck just above the breast.

The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.

A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.