illuminable

illuminable
(il-lu-mi-na-bl') adj.
Qui peut recevoir les illuminations célestes. Dieu est illuminant, l'âme est illuminable.
   Lat. illuminabilis (QUICHERAT, Addenda), de illuminare, illuminer.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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