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[ UK /ˈɔːɹɪˌə‍ʊl/ ]
[ US /ˈɑɹioʊɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
  2. 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.
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