Halo (religious iconography) between the alternative terms in English is rather unclear. The oldest term in English is "glory", the only one available in the Middle Ages, but now largely obsolete. It came from the French "gloire" which has much the same range of meanings as "glory". "Gloriole" does not appear in this sense until 1844, being a modern invention, as a diminutive, in French also. "Halo" is first found in English in this sense in 1646 (nearly a century after the optical or astronomical sense). Both "halos" and "haloes" may be used as plural forms, and halo may be used as a
Nimbus Littling some of the language used in the Littlings series is advanced, being described as appropriate for children over 8 years of age. This too was later revealed to have been done intentionally to follow Santelli's belief that “children will challenge themselves to learn if they are passionate about the subject. It’s human nature.” Nimbus Littling's orphaned friend Annie has been compared to the original protagonist in the classic Broadway musical of the same name. Nimbus Littling has appeared in the following stories: Nimbus Littling will soon be appearing in 8 other storybook adventures and ebooks: The title of book 17