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Webster 1913 Edition
Aureole
{ ‖
Au-re′o-la
,Au′re-ole
, }Noun.
1.
(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.
2.
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.
☞ Limited to the head, it is strictly termed a nimbus; when it envelops the whole body, an aureola.
Fairholt.
3.
A halo, actual or figurative.
The glorious
aureole
of light seen around the sun during total eclipses. Proctor.
The
aureole
of young womanhood. O. W. Holmes.
Definition 2024
Aureole
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aureole
English
Noun
aureole (plural aureoles)
- (astronomy) Corona.
- A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", chapter 122:
- 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.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", chapter 122:
- (by extension) Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 1,
- It was a lean Jewish face, with a great fuzzy aureole of white hair and a small goatee beard […]
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 1,
Derived terms
Translations
circle of light or halo around the head of a deity
References
- “aureole” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- “aureole” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
- "aureole" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
- "aureole" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- “aureole” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
Portuguese
Verb
aureole