il|lu|mi|na|ti

il|lu|mi|na|ti «ih _LOO muh NAY ty, -NAH tee», noun (plural), singular. -to «-toh».

persons who have or claim to have superior knowledge or enlightenment. Various sects and societies have called themselves illuminati. »

But, as is common with such illuminati, they prove too much (Harper's).

╂[< Latin illūminātī, plural of illūminātus enlightened (one), past participle of illūmināre; see etym. under illuminate (Cf. ↑illuminate)]