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  1. noun A sphere or spherical object.
  2. noun A celestial body, such as the sun or moon.
  3. noun Archaic The earth.
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  • Imprisoned within the orb was a single rose, its petals an exquisite blue she had never seen before, even in the Temple’s gardens. —  Chosen Of The Gods
  • The orb was inside and it was the true dragon orb, all right. —  Hammer and Axe
  • He knew only that suddenly the orb was the right size. —  Dragons of Winter Night
  • Taking the orb is my sister's idea, not mine. —  Dragons of Winter Night
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English orbe, orbit, from Old French, from Latin orbis, circle, disk, orbit.

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  1. from French orbe = Spanish Portuguese Italian orbe, from Latin orbis, a circle, wheel, disk, the disk or orb of the sun or moon, etc.
  2. from orb, n.
  3. from Old French orbe, bereft, blind, dark, from Latin orbus, bereft, bereaved, deprived: see orphan.
 

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