Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In representations of the Deity, the Virgin Mary, saints, martyrs, etc., a radiance or luminous cloud emanating from and surrounding the whole figure.
- noun Anything resembling an aureola.
- noun In Roman Catholic theology, a higher reward added to the essential bliss of heaven as a recompense for a special spiritual victory gained by the person to whom it is attributed: as, the aureola of virgins, martyrs, doctors, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (R. C. Theol.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
- noun The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.
- noun A halo, actual or figurative.
- noun (Anat.) See
Areola , 2. - noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible from earth during a solar eclipse, or in outer space by the use of special instruments; a
corona{5} .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Radiance ofluminous cloud that sorrounds the figure in apainting of asacred personage .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I draw quickly, the curves of her buttock and shoulder, a faint shading of aureola.
Ukiyo Donna Storey 2008
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I draw quickly, the curves of her buttock and shoulder, a faint shading of aureola.
Ukiyo 2008
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Shadows, aureola and mist, the light falling on roofs and gables of white or brown two miles off
A Visit from Uncle Walt Bruce Schauble 2007
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Shadows, aureola and mist, the light falling on roofs and gables of white or brown two miles off
Archive 2007-02-01 Bruce Schauble 2007
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His absence had regained for him much of that aureola of saintship which had been nearly abstracted during her reproachful mood on that miserable journey from London.
A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006
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The furthermost candle on the piano comes immediately in a line with her head, and half invisible itself, forms the accidentally frizzled hair into a nebulous haze of light, surrounding her crown like an aureola.
A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006
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By and by the artist came over, and nearly wept with despair when he saw his subject sheared of the auburn, gray-sprinkled aureola that had made his first sketch a success.
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It is known in their writings as the “halo,” the “aureola,” or the “glory.”
CREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE Jennifer Ann Daddio 2003
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It is known in their writings as the “halo,” the “aureola,” or the “glory.”
CREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE Jennifer Ann Daddio 2003
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Matho had lost his shoulder-pieces, his helmet, his cuirass; he was completely naked, and more livid than the dead, with his hair quite erect, and two patches of foam at the corners of his lips, — and his sword whirled so rapidly that it formed an aureola around him.
Salammbo 2003
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