sun disc

noun

a disc symbolizing the sun, esp one flanked by two serpents and the extended wings of a vulture, used as a religious figure in ancient Egypt

Words nearby sun disc

sun blind, sun block, sun cream, sun dance, sun deck, sun disc, sun disk, sun gear, sun god, sun grebe, sun king

Example sentences from the Web for sun disc

  • Pleasant the sunbeams to the marigold when the wind has carried the rain away and his sun-disc glows on the bank.

    Field and Hedgerow |Richard Jefferies

  • The winged Sun-disc appears over the former and the Crescent moon over the latter.

    The Non-Christian Cross |John Denham Parsons

  • The name of the sun-disc was Aten, and its worship was kindred to that of Ra, the mid-day sun.

    The Grotesque in Church Art |T. Tindall Wildridge