- a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- any encircling ring of light or color; halo.
- corona (def. 3).
- a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion.
- (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
- a less common word for halo
- another name for corona (def. 2)
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