Aureole (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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