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n. A cloudy radiance said to surround a classical deity when on earth.

n. A radiant light that appears usually in the form of a circle or halo about or over the head in the representation of a god, demigod, saint, or sacred person such as a king or an emperor.

n. A splendid atmosphere or aura, as of glamour, that surrounds a person or thing.

n. A rain cloud, especially a low dark layer of clouds such as a nimbostratus.

n. A circle of light; a halo.

n. A gray rain cloud.

n. 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 aureola, and glory, n., 5.

n. A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.

n. A cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling; a rain-cloud. See cloud .

n. In art and Christian archæol., a halo or disk of light surrounding the head in representations of divine or sacred personages; also, a disk or circle sometimes depicted in early times round the heads of emperors and other great men.

n. In heraldry, a circle formed of a single line, drawn around the head and disappearing where it seems to go behind it.

n. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

n. a dark grey cloud bearing rain

"Halos: Also known as a nimbus, icebow or Gloriole, a halo is an optical phenomenon that appears near or around the Sun or Moon, and sometimes near other strong light sources such as street lights."

lightness    light    cloud   

nimbi    aureola    glory    cloud   

glory    cloudy    halo   

aureole    halo    shimmer    luminescence    orb    phosphorescence    wisp    luster    freckling    sheen