Etymology

alumbrado

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Today it means: A practitioner of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries. Full definition →

Spanish alumbrado ← Early Medieval Latin allūmināre
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  1. Early Medieval Latinallūmināre
  2. Spanishalumbrar
  3. Spanishalumbrado
  4. English todayalumbrado

Borrowed from Spanish alumbrado (“illuminated”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.