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Definition of Luminary
1. Noun. A celebrity who is an inspiration to others. "He was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
Generic synonyms: Celebrity, Famous Person
Derivative terms: Notable, Notable
Definition of Luminary
1. n. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.
Definition of Luminary
1. Noun. One that is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in his chosen field; a leading light. ¹
2. Noun. An artificial light; an illumination. ¹
3. Noun. A body that gives light; ''especially'', one of the heavenly bodies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luminary
1. a body that gives light [n -NARIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luminary
Literary usage of Luminary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Baptist Convention for Missionary Purposes, Held ... in by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1814)
"3 25 for the luminary - * ч 11 By subscriber* in Baltimore, Maryland, ... <4 23
By letters from Elder James Bailey, for luminary - 34 By Mrs. Allen, ..."
2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... that SOL fuit, reigned in Egypt, called fo from the luminary of that ...
fön was called after fomc luminary in the heavens to which they p;"d divine ho- ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"For the more exact examination and measurements of the intensity of each luminary
and that of tlie beam from each optical apparatus, a photometric gallery ..."
4. The Christian Examiner (1848)
"Washington. 8vo. np. 43, 43, 60. 3. African Repository (Washington. DC) ; —
Liberia Herald, — and Africa I luminary, (Monrovia, ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... be more cool ther luminary—since that unfortunate than the scorn—more annihilating
than day, William Cobbett has never held no pains shall be spared by ..."
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