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aureole.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔː.ɹiː.əʊl/UK/ˈɔɹ.i.oʊl/US
  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.

  5. Alternative form of aureola (“increment to blessedness”).

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

From Middle English aureole, from Old French aureole, from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) (“golden (crown)”). Doublet of oriole.

verb/ˈɔː.ɹiː.əʊl/UK/ˈɔɹ.i.oʊl/US
  1. To surround with, or as if with, a halo.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English aureole, from Old French aureole, from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) (“golden (crown)”). Doublet of oriole.

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