‖ mandorlaReligious Art.|mænˈdɔːlə| [It.= ‘almond’.] An almond-shaped panel or decorative space. 1883C. C. Perkins Ital. SculptureIntrod. 20 Christ seated within a mandorla.1895M. R. James Abbey St. Edmund at Bury 51 At top is Christ in a mandorla seated full-face with a book.