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Halos

Halo \Ha"lo\ (h[=a]"l[-o]), n.; pl. Halos (-l[=o]z). [L. halos, acc. halo, Gr. "a`lws a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr. e'ily`ein to enfold, 'ely`ein to roll round, L. volvere, and E. voluble.]

  1. A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.

  2. A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.

  3. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.

  4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.

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halos

n. (plural of halo English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: halo)

Wikipedia
Halos

or Halus was a settlement in Ancient Greece, in the region of Phthiotis.

Halos (Delphi)

The Halos was a round open space close to the temple of Apollo in Delphi, where ancient rituals were being performed.

Usage examples of "halos".

In New Orleans it was just robes and halos and once a season a zither.

Weird little halos of coloured light cloaked five miniature flatscreens which flickered with the image of the good ship Mirriam, half covered with red digital read-outs.

Wings may be faked, halos might be contrived, but beauty without makeup was surely impossible to feign.

This series of overlapping halos communed with the flickering glow of the fire.

If any prying observer ventured to spy into the mysteries of her glands and canals and fluids, she covered up her work in blinding mists and bewildering halos, like the deities of old.

Looking out by the weak halos of gas lanterns, they were at such high mental alert that they barely noticed how indifferently the night passed without granting them the slightest advance.