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UK
/ˈɔːɹɪˌəʊl/
]
[ US /ˈɑɹioʊɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈɑɹioʊɫ/ ]
NOUN
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
How To Use aureole In A Sentence
- We also observe very fine rims of apparent new zircon of enigmatic origin at lower grade in the aureole.
- Light streamed from him, and his hair became a golden aureole about his narrow skull.
- Metamorphic aureoles around the granitic rocks are estimated to extend on the order of 1 km from the granitic rocks.
- The two books under review do get rid of the buskin and aureole.
- This is the widest metamorphic zone in the aureole.
- The bright aureole of hair now trimly cut to reveal smooth bare shoulders was unmistakeable. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- Not sharp and vivid like that of her father, but dim and nebulous was the picture she shaped of her mother — a saint's head in an aureole of sweetness and goodness and meekness, and withal, shot through with a hint of reposeful determination, of will, stubborn and unobtrusive, that in life had expressed itself mainly in resignation. Jack London's Story - Moon Face: Planchette pg 3 of 3
- The fine red-gold of his hair was like an angel's aureole against the street lamp.
- In the aureole above the globe, around which the snake is wound, symbolising his victory over world and sin, Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance would be resereved on Maundy Thursday/Good Friday. Catholic Bamberg: St. Michael's Abbey
- Facing them, the rest of us could see little but shadowy faces, surrounded by bright aureoles.