1. (n.)halo something suggesting such a light or shape.
2. halo any of a variety of bright circles or arcs centered on the sun or moon, caused by the refraction or reflection of light by ice crystals suspended in the earth's atmosphere
Etymology: (1555–65; < L, acc. of halōs circle round sun or moon < Gk hálōs orig., disk, threshing floor)
Definition of 'Halo'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
2. (noun)ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring a toroidal shape "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
3. (noun)halo a circle of light around the sun or moon
Definition of 'Halo'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Halo 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. (noun)Halo 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