alumbrado

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noun

A practitioner of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries.

OriginSpanish alumbrado ← Early Medieval Latin allūmināre →
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Meanings

nounalumbrado (plural alumbrados)

plural alumbrados · alternative alombrado

  1. historicalA practitioner of a mystical form of Christianity in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Origin

  1. Early Medieval Latinallūmināre
  2. Spanishalumbrar
  3. Spanishalumbrado
  4. Englishalumbrado

Borrowed from Spanish alumbrado (“illuminated”).

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APA

alumbrado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumbrado

MLA

“alumbrado.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumbrado. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alumbrado,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alumbrado.

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