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Webster 1913 Edition
Nimbus
Nim′bus
,Noun.
pl. L.
Nimbi
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, E. Nimbuses
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. [L., a rain storm, a rain cloud, the cloudshaped which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth.]
1.
(Fine Arts)
A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See , 5.
Aureola
, and Glory
, Noun.
☞ “The nimbus is of pagan origin.” “As an attribute of power, the nimbus is often seen attached to the heads of evil spirits.”
Fairholl.