Sekirov Dictionary

aureole

UK /ˈɔː.ɹiː.əʊl/US /ˈɔɹ.i.oʊl/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

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A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
- The lady's hair no woman could possess without feeling it her pride. It was the daily theme of her lady's-maid,—a natural aureole to her head. — 1859
•
Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
- It was a lean Jewish face, with a great fuzzy aureole of white hair and a small goatee beard […] — 1949
A corona.
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A ring around an igneous intrusion.
- Cleavage and folds are imprinted are overprinted by the contact metamorphic aureole, indicating that they belong to a pre-intrustive episode of rock deformation and accompanying regional deformation. — 1990

verb1

To surround with, or as if with, a halo.

forms

aureoled · aureoling · aureoles

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