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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Aureole Sentence Examples

  • 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.

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