Definitions for luminaries
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1. luminariesnoun

   Plural form of luminary.

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1. luminaries

   The Luminaries is a 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton. Set in New Zealand's South Island in 1866, the novel follows Walter Moody, a prospector who travels to the West Coast settlement of Hokitika to make his fortune on the goldfields. Instead, he stumbles into a tense meeting between twelve local men, and is drawn into a complex mystery involving a series of unsolved crimes. The novel's complex structure is based on the system of Western astrology, with each of the twelve local men representing one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, and with another set of characters representing planets in the solar system. The novel has won many awards and honours, including the 2013 Booker Prize. It was adapted into the BBC/TVNZ miniseries The Luminaries in 2020. In 2022, it was included on the "Big Jubilee Read" list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

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1. Luminaries

   of Luminary

Anagrams for luminaries »

1. luminaires

How to pronounce luminaries?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of luminaries in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of luminaries in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of luminaries in a Sentence

1. Grange Lady Haig Rutan:

   As an author I found it fascinating interviewing luminaries of the jazz world for over 15 years, beginning with a phone call from Red Rodney on a Thanksgiving Day in 1989 and then a phone call from Stan Getz on Christmas Day; their comments set in motion the quest to write a book about my first husband, Al Haig, the chosen pianist of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie (who gave me the moniker 'Lady Haig' one blustery cold night outside of Birdland on a January night) - and later Stan Getz.”

2. Bertrand Russell:

   The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.

3. Rick Bayless:

   We get a chance to welcome all of these people. These are the luminaries of the food world coming to Chicago to enjoy our hospitality and, boy, we are being very hospitable.

4. Cassandra Hatton:

   This manuscript dates from the time when Turing was engaged in the crucial task of breaking the Enigma Code, its mathematical content gives an extraordinary insight into the working mind of one of the greatest luminaries of the 20th Century.

5. Le Corre:

   Nobody would have gambled that a man with such a thin political résumé would have made it in less than two years,( defeating) a former prime minister and other luminaries in the French election, his movement, and they keep saying it's a movement and not a political party, it allows him to introduce himself as a maverick.

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