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- Italian · borrowed frommandorla
- English todaymandorla
Borrowed from Italian mandorla. Doublet of almond, amygdala, and amygdale.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mandorla
Today it means: A vesica piscis-shaped aureola that surrounds the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, or represents God the Father (who is not traditionally depicted) in traditional Eastern Christian art. Full definition →
Italian mandorla