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Meaning of Aureole | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɔː.ɹiː.əʊl

Definitions

  1. A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
  2. Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
  3. A corona.
  4. A ring around an igneous intrusion.

Equivalents

العربية الهالة
Bosanski aureola ореол
Català aurèola
Čeština svatozář
Suomi sädekehä
Hrvatski aureola ореол
日本語 後光
한국어 후광
Polski aureola
Português aureole
Română aureolă nimb
Русский нимб ореол
Српски aureola ореол
Українська ореол
Tiếng Việt hào quang

Examples

“The lady's hair no woman could possess without feeling it her pride. It was the daily theme of her lady's-maid,—a natural aureole to her head.”
“They sat quietly, side by side, without speaking. Philip enjoyed having her near him. He was warmed by her radiant health. A glow of life seemed like an aureole to shine about her.”
“She feels, with all our furniture, Room yet for something more secure Than our self-kindled aureoles To guide our poor forgotten souls […]”
“Those white women whose superiority encircled them like an aureole, could quieten any raucous gathering by just placing a finger to a lip.”
“It was a lean Jewish face, with a great fuzzy aureole of white hair and a small goatee beard […]”
“The dust of the road and his long, wiry hair made aureoles of red about him in the westering light […]”
“Cleavage and folds are imprinted are overprinted by the contact metamorphic aureole, indicating that they belong to a pre-intrustive episode of rock deformation and accompanying regional deformation.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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