aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

The child replied by a slight motion of the head; and the aureola trembled like sunlight on the water.

From Fairy Book by May, Sophie

Dendrœca aureola Closely allied to the wide-ranging     D. �stiva.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel

The seat was a sort of alcove, almost a nest; it was at the same time a glory round them; the tender aureola of love passing into a cloud.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor

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