aureole

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.ɹiː.əʊl/ / /ˈɔɹ.i.oʊl/

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

A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
“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.”
Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
“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 […]”
A corona.
A ring around an igneous intrusion.
“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.”
Alternative form of aureola (“increment to blessedness”).

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