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Meanings of luminary in English

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A celebrity who is an inspiration to others.

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        Astrology concept.

              Usage of luminary in English
              1
              Five minutes later the legal luminary came out of the telephone box.
              The Short Line War
              2
              That luminary was the abode of one of his most important gods.
              A History of Science — Volume 1
              3
              This central luminary will shine on your words with a noon-tide brightness.
              The Young Maiden
              4
              I'm stronger than you are, luminary, but I can't use the Zoi.
              Dogsbody
              5
              The Scotch bill had been brought forward by a Scotch legal luminary.
              The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
              6
              Who was this novice in war with the effrontery of a luminary?
              Les Misérables
              7
              Would that those clouds would disclose what enormous luminary lies behind them!
              Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
              8
              Current prime minister Scott Morrison has also paid tribute to the Labor luminary.
              News.com.au
              9
              Thine arm is the rampart of a nation; thy justice an all-pervading luminary.
              History of the Moors of Spain
              10
              I counted on moonlight, though, the fickle luminary being in its first quarter.
              Over Prairie Trails
              11
              No, I'm afraid your planet may have acquired an intellectual luminary.
              The Fifth Head of Cerberus
              12
              Kate Reed, Charles's admirer, had become a leading luminary of the underground press.
              Anno Dracula
              13
              There was no mistaking the motives with which this luminary had presented itself.
              The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 03: 1555
              14
              One luminary, Rory McIlroy, would finish in a tie for fourth.
              The Irish Times
              15
              These phenomena, however, appertain to the gross form of that luminary.
              The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
              16
              Give me tidings of her, oh luminary of the three faces!
              Don Quixote
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              Luminary through the time
              Luminary across language varieties
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