Luminary

Word LUMINARY
Character 8
Hyphenation lu mi na ry
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Luminary"

What do we mean by luminary?

An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light. noun

In astrology, one of the brightest celestial objects, such as the sun, moon, or bright planets. noun

A person who inspires others or achieves eminence in a field. synonym: celebrity. noun

A light-giver; a body that illuminates or gives out light: applied especially to the sun and moon. noun

Hence One who is a source of intellectual light; a person who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind: as, the great luminaries of an age; a luminary of literature or science. noun

An illumination. noun

Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. noun

One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind. noun

One that is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in his chosen field; a leading light. noun

An artificial light; an illumination. noun

A body that gives light; especially, one of the heavenly bodies. noun

A celebrity who is an inspiration to others noun

One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in their chosen field; a leading light.

A body that gives light; especially, one of the heavenly bodies.

An artificial light; an illumination.

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The word "luminary" in example sentences

"Sir, Mr. Fletcher was a luminary -- _a luminary_, did I say? ❋ Brigadier Margaret Allen (N/A)

But on the fourth day God created the great luminary, that is, the sun, to have rule and authority [1718] over the day: for it is by it that day is made: for it is day when the sun is above the earth, and the duration of a day is the course of the sun over the earth from its rising till its setting. ❋ Unknown (1898)

The luminary was a golden-haired, beaming, mild-eyed, God-like creature, gazing down in the vigour and intentness of youth upon an earth that was brimming with interest for him. ❋ Unknown (1891)

Indeed, Brewster is what I would call a luminary of luscious lattes, wot! ' ❋ Unknown (2009)

Prof. BERNARD: Van Vechten was friends with the president of Fisk at the time, Charles Johnson, who was another kind of -- you know, kind of luminary of this period, and later, you know, of -- sort of black politics at this time. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Eclipses they attribute to the attempts of the Evil Spirits to embarrass the labours of the luminary which is eclipsed. ❋ James Athearn Jones (N/A)

I’ve never been called luminary before, and I think it’s a new favorite word. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Out of the love He bore Enoch, God arrayed him in a magnificent garment, to which every kind of luminary in existence was attached, and a crown gleaming with forty-nine jewels, the splendor of which pierced to all parts of the seven heavens and to the four corners of the earth. ❋ Louis Ginzberg (1913)

In benignant and gracious conduct he was to be as a "luminary" (_phôstêr_), moving calm and bright in the dark hemisphere of the world. ❋ Unknown (1880)

"There's always those kind of luminary figures that seem to speak the truth," he says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This year, the Globes were mostly over when Ms. Jolie and Mr. Pitt swept by and the Bagger was frantically staring down the carpet, looking for any kind of luminary to get some rhetoric out of. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While signing up some has-been politicians as "luminary" bloggers, Hearst is slashing the paid staff to approximately twenty reporters and editors. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or better yet, show me where the Bible supports a notion of a spherical (not circular) Earth (one without "four corners"), where the Sun is stationary and the Earth orbits around it, and that the Moon reflects the Sun and is not a "luminary". ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even the first attestation of this newest kind of performing arts luminary hints at the reach of fame to come, with “the greatest film stars in the world” putting things globally in 1914. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Which is to say that if a loving, deeply inclusive anthology of dance writing, annotated and curated by a literary luminary like Gottlieb (former editor in chief of Knopf, Simon & Schuster, and The New Yorker, as well as a noted dance critic and New York City Ballet associate), sounds like endlessly exciting one-stop shopping, well, it is. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It got the green signal from no less a legal luminary than Justice P.N. Bhagwati, who had just retired as the chief justice of India. ❋ Shraddha Nair Of Mint (2011)

There are any number of reasons why some of the most brilliant performers in NFL history have had a pall cast over otherwise luminary careers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One is 45, a flannel-wearing lesbian, Boston-based local theater luminary and veteran of Chicago's famed Second City. ❋ Adrian Margaret Brune (2011)

I tried the [luminary Crunchwrap] last night I liked it but she still [hurts] when I got [the piece] of shit. ❋ Big_tex_423 (2021)

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