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aureole
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au·re·ole  (ôr-l) also au·re·o·la (ô-r-l)
n.
1. A circle of light or radiance surrounding the head or body of a representation of a deity or holy person; a halo.
2. Astronomy See corona.

[Middle English, from Late Latin (corna) aureola, golden (crown), feminine of Latin aureolus, golden, from aureus, from aurum, gold.]

aureole or aureola
Noun
1. a ring of light surrounding the head of a figure represented as holy; halo
2. the sun's corona, visible as a faint halo during eclipses [Latin aurum gold]

aureole  (ôr-l)
1. A band of metamorphic rock surrounding a body of cooled magma. Aureoles form through the process of contact metamorphism. See more at contact metamorphism.
2. See corona.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aureoleaureole - the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
nimbus, nimbus cloud, rain cloud - a dark grey cloud bearing rain
glowing, radiance, glow - the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
2.aureoleaureole - an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
lightness, light - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"


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The orb of her huge Afro rhymes with her blank eyepits and dot-like aureolas, proposing her race, her psyche, and her sex as redundant circles.
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