Meaning

A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint..

Definitions by Sense

1. A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
2. (by extension) Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
3. (astronomy) A corona.
4. (geology) A ring around an igneous intrusion.
5. (theology) Alternative form of aureola (“increment to blessedness”).
6. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a halo.

Example Sentences

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.

She feels, with all our furniture, Room yet for something more secure Than our self-kindled aureoles To guide our poor forgotten souls […]

Those white women whose superiority encircled them like an aureole, could quieten any raucous gathering by just placing a finger to a lip.

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 […]

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.

Word Forms

• aureoles
• aureoling
• aureoled

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When Should You Use Aureole?

Use aureole when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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