Language
In inscriptions and ancient manuscripts, the spelling inlustris is more common. Since the illustres were a subset of the clarissimi, the title is often given as vir clarissimus et illustris, particularly in official documents. The shorter form is commonly abbreviated v. i. (plural vv. ii.), v. inl. or vir inl., the longer form as v. c. et inl.
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