luminare

Although the word luminare itself is not employed by either of these writers, it is not a term of modern coinage.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

To Cheney, Palin and all the other luminare of the Right Wing: all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools.

CNN Poll: 6 point jump in support for health care bill 2009

Et fecit Deus duo luminaria magna: luminare majus in dominium diei, et luminare minu in dominium noctis, et stellas.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

Hiis atque aliis perplurimis gloriosissimus Christi miles tamquam luminare quod diei presidet fulgens, ad occasum naturalis cursus deueniens correptus infirmitate graui appropinquiuit.

The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Anonymous

Catacombs, as in the time of Pope Damasus or earlier, it would seem that a sort of luminare or fenestra was made, through which it was possible for the devout worshippers in the church above to look down into the crypt where the martyr was buried.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Fortunius et Matrona se vivis fecerunt bisomum ad luminare

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

(The Deacon Severus made this double cubiculum, with its arcosolia and luminare by order of his Pope Marcellinus as a quiet abode in peace for himself and his family.)

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

(The Crypt of St. Cecilia, with its large luminare, will be found figured among the illustrations in the article CATACOMBS, ROMAN.)

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

'His fine servants mount my staircase groping their way in the dark, and we descend preceded by a servant carrying _luminare minus quam ut præesset nocti_.'

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre John Morley 1880

Turning to an [100] ashen pallor where, at regular intervals, an air - hole or luminare let in a hard beam of clear but sunless light, with the heavy sleepers, row upon row within, leaving a passage so narrow that only one visitor at a time could move along, cheek to cheek with them, the high walls seemed to shut one in into the great company of the dead.

Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 Walter Pater 1866