nimbus
noun
a shining cloud sometimes surrounding a deity when on earth.
nimbi
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pluralof nimbus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The panels are round-headed, and the sky fills the space behind the figures with their gilded nimbi.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
There are various Bernini saints and seraphs in stucco-sculpture, astride of the tablets and door- tops, backing against their rusty machinery of coppery nimbi and egg-shaped cloudlets.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
There, too, were the brass crowns, or nimbi which were intended to protect the heads of the gods from bats and birds.
From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman
They and their emblems are painted; the nimbi and the ribs of the shells are gilded.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
The smaller scale of this scene, and the nimbi given to Christ and the Apostles point to its having been the work of a special artist.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
