aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

The balloon threw large shadows on this heap of clouds, and was surrounded as by an aureola.

From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Verne, Jules

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 Zangwill, Israel

It was her splendour and her aureola which appeared in the air.

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis

In the soffit of the arch, the head of Christ in a medallion, with rays issuing from behind the aureola.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander