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aureole
aureola
noun
- 1. A bright disc of light that surrounds the head or, less usually, the whole body of a holy figure, eg a saint, Christ, the Virgin Mary, etc, in Christian painting and iconography.
2. A less common name for a halo.
3. astron.
- A hazy bluish-white halo surrounding the Sun or Moon.
- A corona.
- A ring-shaped area of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion.
