Alumbrado

noun

Alum·​bra·​do

variants or less commonly Alombrado

ˌaləmˈbrä(ˌ)t͟hō,

-ä(ˌ)dō

plural -s

: a member of a 16th century mystical Spanish sect striving for spiritual illumination and union with God

called also Perfectibilist

Word History

Etymology

Spanish Alumbrado, literally, illuminated one, from alumbrado illuminated, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin alluminatus, past participle of alluminare to illuminate, from Latin ad- + luminare to illuminate, from lumin-, lumen light

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

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