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 Alto relie’vo.Alvina Weeps, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Alumbra’do,
 
a perfectionist; so called from á Spanish sect which arose in 1575, and claimed special illumination. (Spanish, meaning “illuminated,” “enlightened”).   1
 


 Alto relie’vo.Alvina Weeps, 

 
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