aureole

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.

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

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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]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aureole - the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse corona 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.	aureole - an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint gloriole, halo, nimbus, aura, glory 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"