Aureole Definition

ôrē-ōl
aureoles
noun
aureoles
A circular or oval light surrounding the head or body of a representation of a deity or holy person; a halo.
American Heritage
A radiance encircling the head or body, as in religious paintings; halo; glory.
Webster's New World
The illuminated area around the sun, etc., as when seen in a mist or during an eclipse; sun's corona.
Webster's New World

(astronomy) Corona.

Wiktionary

A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.

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Other Word Forms of Aureole

Noun

Singular:
aureole
Plural:
aureoles

Origin of Aureole

  • Middle English from Late Latin (corōna) aureola golden (crown) feminine of Latin aureolus golden from aureus from aurum gold

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French aureole, from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) ("golden (crown)").

    From Wiktionary

Aureole Sentence Examples

  • Siberia. Aureole, Citrina, Baroni, and Sovereign are modern hybrid sorts of much value.

  • The company was founded in 1909 with one product, a hair color called aureole, which it sold via hair dressers and salons.

  • The Persian belief that the legitimate sovereign reigned by the grace of Ormazd, whose favour was made manifest by the sending of the Hvareno, a kind of celestial aureole of fire, resulted in the doctrine that the sun was the giver of the Hvareno.

  • When it is merely a luminous disk round the head, it is called specifically a nimbus, while the combination of nimbus and aureole is called a glory.

  • The strict distinction between nimbus and aureole is not commonly maintained, and the latter term is most frequently used to denote the radiance round the heads of saints, angels or persons of the Godhead.

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