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Synonyms for luminaries

Grammar : Noun
Spell : loo-muh-ner-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlu məˌnɛr i

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Définition of luminaries

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "lamp, source of (artificial) light," from Old French luminarie (12c.), "lamp, lights, lighting; candles; brightness, illumination," from Late Latin luminare "light, torch, lamp, heavenly body," literally "that which gives light," from Latin lumen (genitive luminis) "light," related to lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Sense of "notable person" is first recorded 1690s, though the Middle English word also had a figurative sense of "source of spiritual light, example of holiness."
  • noun very important person
Example sentences :
  • But beside it the two luminaries of his own world were as pygmies.
  • Extract from : « The Martian » by Allen Glasser
  • Yet these men were luminaries for the day that brought them forth.
  • Extract from : « Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger » by Elihu G. Holland
  • The same if either of the luminaries be exactly on the equinoxes.
  • Extract from : « Astrology » by Sepharial
  • In no other country is the wanderer brought so close, as it were, to the luminaries of night.
  • Extract from : « In Search of El Dorado » by Alexander MacDonald
  • He there instructed Carlone and Strozzi, two luminaries of this school.
  • Extract from : « The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. V (of 6) » by Luigi Antonio Lanzi
  • Both these luminaries seem larger at the horizon than they are at the zenith.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
  • Then God said, "Let light be;" he now says, "Let luminaries or light-bearers be."
  • Extract from : « The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science » by John William Dawson
  • Bossuet I hold to be one of the first luminaries of religion and literature.
  • Extract from : « Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 » by Boswell
  • There was another, among the luminaries who flourished "betwixt the sixth and sixteenth centuries," named Rabalais.
  • Extract from : « Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries » by William Hogan
  • They were judges and luminaries of the bar--but who should be the center of the galaxy but the uncouth fellow traveler!
  • Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams

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