luminaria
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of luminaria
1945–50; < Mexican Spanish, Spanish: any lamp or lantern displayed during a festival < Medieval Latin, Late Latin lūmināria, originally neuter plural of lūmināris lamp; see lumen, -ar 1
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Giant carnivalesque luminaria lights twinkled in jewel tones over rows of pews in the “Purgatory” room; later, Primal Scream performed.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2017
SUN Decorate cookies and make holiday crafts, noon-5 p.m.; guided nature walks, 1, 2 and 3 p.m., free; Nature Store; follow luminaria lit path to see Christmas Ship Choir Performance, 3:55-4:15 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2016
Each luminaria symbolizes one casualty, as a bagpiper plays on a hill and thousands gather in remembrance before driving slowly through the park in the dark, headlights out.
From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2015
Nine hundred luminaria lining the portico around the church and garden will be blessed by the friars of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land and then lighted by volunteers.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2013
Then, we went outside to put up luminaria, which is an activity where all our neighbors fill brown paper bags with sand and line the street with them.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
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