aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

His face wore a look of triumph, and was surrounded by an aureola which dazzled Rosanette.

From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave

About the fifth day an aureola of inflammation forms around the pocks, from a quarter of an inch to two inches in extent, and the inflamed area may be somewhat sore.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

These are the things that bind us to London, and which make the aureola of light that hangs over it at night time seem a crown of glory.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard

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