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aureole [ˈɔːrɪˌəʊl], aureola [ɔːˈriːələ] n 1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (esp in paintings of Christian saints and the deity) a border of light or radiance enveloping the head or sometimes the whole of a figure represented as holy 2. a less common word for halo 3. (Astronomy) another name for corona [2] [from Old French auréole, from Medieval Latin (corōna) aureola golden (crown), from Latin aureolus golden, from aurum gold]
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There was a star upon his forehead, and around his young face there glowed an aureole of gold and roses--to speak figuratively, for the star upon his brow was hope, and the gold and roses encircling his head, a miniature rainbow, were youth and health. A glow of life seemed like an aureole to shine about her. The convict's shirt, open in large, broad folds, left bare the neck, delicate as a woman's, and made for that youthful face an aureole, of innocence, of martyrdom. |
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