aura
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈɔːrə/
:
aureola
- In religious paintings, saints are often depicted with a glowing aura surrounding their heads.
Examples
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Film makes Olympians out of mere mortals, surrounding everyone with a glowing aura.
Academic text (2008) -
The baronet's aura flared with amber, betraying his pleasure even as he frowned.
Blog text (20) -
There was an aura of light around the little girl's head.
Fiction book (1990) -
His first steps have an aura of the miraculous about them.
Fiction book (1990) -
The amber in his aura brightened, and a sparkle of white played across it.
Blog text (20) -
The apartment manager said Gil had been enveloped in a powerful, golden aura, and that she'd obeyed him without question.
Fiction book (1993) -
There was a dark aura—like a black halo—around Socorro's head, and she saw trouble coming.
Fiction book (2000) -
The artist used vibrant colors to portray the aura of holiness around the figure of the saint.
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Many ancient cultures believed that an individual's aura reflected their spiritual energy and character.
Synonyms
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8.6
A bright circle of light around a holy person's head in pictures
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5.8
A circle of light painted around a saint's head to show they are holy
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9.1
A ring of light around a holy person's head in pictures
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9.9
A circle of light that appears around a holy person's head in pictures
A bright circle of light around a holy person's head
A ring of bright light that appears around a holy person's head in art
How Bright
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aura comes from an old Greek word aura meaning 'breeze' or 'breath', and artists long ago pictured a holy person's light as a soft, glowing air around the head. So, an aura in art is the bright, halo-like glow that surrounds saints.