aureola
Example Sentences
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My theory is that there is a human aureola.
From Time Magazine Archive
My head swam with a whirl of strange thoughts, and Bethulah, already divine to me, took on a dazzling aureola, sailed away into some strange supernatural ether.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
The arch encloses a medallion bust, the head of which is defaced, but which represented the Saviour, as is proved by the indication of a cross on the aureola.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
A new painting had just been hung in the church,—the Holy Child, called by the people “Little Jesus,” with an aureola about his head.
From Fairy Book by Sophie May
By the way, did you pack my aureola?
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
