Illuminatus

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A member of any of various societies, sects or other people claiming religious or intellectual enlightenment.
 * 2) A member of the early church who had received baptism and been given a lighted taper as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they had received.
 * 3) A member of a Spanish sect of the sixteenth century, who believed that, by means of prayer, they had attained so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; the Alumbrados or Perfectibilists.
 * 4) A member of certain associations in Europe who combined to promote social reform in pursuit of perfection; especially one originated in 1776 by.
 * 5) A member of an obscure sect of French familists.
 * 6) A member of the Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists.
 * 7) A member of the Rosicrucians.
 * 8) A member of an alleged global, elite, secret society which has as its ultimate objective the subjugation of humanity (world domination or New World Order).
 * The methods of control used by "Ming the Merciless, Ruler of the Universe" in the 1980 film Flash Gordon are a metaphor for what some perceive to be the influence of the Illuminati on the real world.