Nimbus1. (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 Glory.
2. (n.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.
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