AUREOLE
\ˈɔːɹɪˌə͡ʊl], \ˈɔːɹɪˌəʊl], \ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ˌəʊ_l]\
Definitions of AUREOLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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A halo, actual or figurative.
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See Areola, 2.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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A halo, actual or figurative.
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See Areola, 2.
By Noah Webster.
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A halo or radiance, as the radiance around the sun, called the corona, or in art around the head or the entire figure of Christ or of a saint; known also as the aureola.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Aureola; (prop.) gold disk surrounding head in early pictures; circle of light depicted round head; oblong glory surrounding divine figures; actual halo, esp. that seen in eclipses.
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Henry Percy Smith
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