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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nimbus /ˈnɪmbəs/

▶noun (pl. nimbi /-bʌɪ/ or nimbuses)

1 a large grey rain cloud.

2 a luminous cloud or a halo surrounding a supernatural being or saint.

– origin C17: from L., lit. ‘cloud, aureole’.

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