Aureole synonyms

ô-rē'ə-lə

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corona
A faintly colored luminous ring appearing to surround a celestial body (such as the Moon or Sun) that is visible through a haze or thin cloud, caused by diffraction of light from suspended matter in the intervening medium.
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halo
A ring of light that seems to encircle the sun, moon, or other luminous body: it results from the refraction of light through ice crystals in our atmosphere
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aura
(Parapsychology) An invisible force surrounding a living creature.
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nimbus
A cloudy radiance said to surround a classical deity when on earth.
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glory
A height of achievement, enjoyment, or prosperity:
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contact-metamorphism (related)
Metamorphism in which the mineralogy and texture of a body of rock are changed by exposure to the pressure and extreme temperature associated with a body of intruding magma. Contact metamorphism often results in the formation of valuable minerals, such as garnet and emery, through the interaction of the hot magma with adjacent rock.
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  • Siberia. Aureole, Citrina, Baroni, and Sovereign are modern hybrid sorts of much value.

  • The company was founded in 1909 with one product, a hair color called aureole, which it sold via hair dressers and salons.

  • The Persian belief that the legitimate sovereign reigned by the grace of Ormazd, whose favour was made manifest by the sending of the Hvareno, a kind of celestial aureole of fire, resulted in the doctrine that the sun was the giver of the Hvareno.

  • When it is merely a luminous disk round the head, it is called specifically a nimbus, while the combination of nimbus and aureole is called a glory.

  • The strict distinction between nimbus and aureole is not commonly maintained, and the latter term is most frequently used to denote the radiance round the heads of saints, angels or persons of the Godhead.

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