From Webster Dictionary: "illuminati |iˌloōməˈnätē| plural noun people claiming?

to possess special enlightenment or knowledge of something : some mysterious standard known only to the illuminati of the organization. • ( Illuminati) a sect of 16th-century Spanish heretics who claimed special religious enlightenment. • ( Illuminati) a Bavarian secret society founded in 1776, organized like the Freemasons"