aureole

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And everything is framed by an aureole of crisp fern leaves reaching to the canvas’s edges — a many-pointed crown.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

To Ebbers' head, he added a hallucinogenic explosion of eyes and dots. Around the pair's hands, he placed an aureole — the abstracted, golden flames that are used in the depiction of holy figures in Catholic iconography.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2015

That will allow the heat to extend farther into the country rock, creating a larger aureole.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

“I love you, Papa,” she said, her smile an aureole of smeared toothpaste and happiness.

From Nature • Mar. 12, 2014

But though the face of the goddess was always sad when she left the mercy-seat, the brilliance of her aureole was more bewildering than ever, for pity quickened her divinity continually to fresh life.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton