From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily lifeorborb /ɔːb $ ɔːrb/ noun [countable]1literaryALD a bright ball-shaped object, especially the sun or the moonthe red orb of the sun2PGOa ball decorated with gold, carried by a king or queen on formaloccasions as a sign of powerExamples from the Corpusorb• A few days before the midairsave, another orb had been successfully recovered after a gentle landing in the sea.• When the daemon's defeat was revealed in his black orb of seeing the Witch-King was enraged.• a bright orb on the horizon• This hulkingAtlas is carrying the universe upon his shoulders, a holloworbringed with the constellations of the celestialsphere.• We were shown a bullet-ridden orb, lying on the ground, that had once decorated the church spire.• A large shipclimbed from the orb of Karkason.• You unpack the orb from the heavy-duty insula-tion stuffed around it.• The orb at the top of the rodsymbolizes this ideal condition.• On the night stand was a translucentorb atop a triangularclock.Originorb(1300-1400)Latinorbis"wheel, circle"