aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

One beautiful fish rested quivering, pulsating, resplendent, poised apparently in mid air, while the rays from an electric light within were so refracted that they formed an aureola about the fish, seemingly transfiguring it.

From Fly Fishing in Wonderland by Klahowya

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

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis

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 Van Millingen, Alexander

It is, therefore, perfectly right for the Church to surround Christ and Christianity with this divine aureola of reverence and wonder, not exaggerating it, but neither understating it.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman