orb

Definition

A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

Etymology

From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit.

Example Sentences

• "In the small orb of one particular tear."
• "Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled."
• "The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs."