illuminated

IPA: ɪɫˈumʌneɪtʌd

adjective

  • Irradiated by light, lit.
  • (of a manuscript) Decorated and illustrated.
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Examples of "illuminated" in Sentences

  • In that year the existing caisson light was first illuminated.
  • Written in illuminated Latin, with informal marginalia in Greek, the Codex bore the signature of Udo himself.
  • In ordinary daylight, a cup made of the glass appeared green, but then it glowed ruby when illuminated from the inside.
  • The term 'illuminated' refers to handpainted manuscripts flecked with gold, which created a flickering effect when viewed by candlelight.
  • Both of these contain illuminated initials in which Saint John is dressed as a bishop (as he appeared in Kathrin's dream) celebrating Mass.
  • This depiction, often sculptural as the Vesperbilder usually were but sometimes painted or illuminated, is based on the biblical passages describing the Last Supper.
  • When I arrived with Mr and Mrs Drummond many of the company were there; the garden was what they called illuminated, that is, every gooseberry-bush had one variegated lamp suspended above the centre; and, as Mr Tomkins told me afterwards, the lamps were red and yellow, according to the fruit they bore.
  • Usually it refers to some small, original version of a much larger thing (Wisconsin's welfare program was said to be the homunculus version of the federal Welfare Reform Act of 1996; Iceland's ancient parliament, the Althing, is the homunculus version of Congress), but it can also mean someone who resembles the homunculi depicted in illuminated treatises.

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