ILLUMINATI, n. A sect of Spanish heretics of the latter part of the
sixteenth century; so called because they were light weights --
_cunctationes illuminati_.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
sixteenth century; so called because they were light weights --
_cunctationes illuminati_.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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