Aureole

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.
   broadly
3. A corona.
4. A ring around an igneous intrusion.

Equivalents

14 more languages

العربيةالهالة

Bosanskiaureolaореол

Catalàaurèola

Češtinasvatozář

Suomisädekehä

Hrvatskiaureolaореол

日本語後光

한국어후광

Polskiaureola

Românăaureolănimb

Русскийнимбореол

Српскиaureolaореол

Українськаореол

Tiếng Việthào 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.”

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