aureole

Examples

• All

• The aureole of power and its mystical worship.

  Blog text (18)

• He saw the reddish aureole of his mother's hair at the kitchen window; she was washing dishes, just as she had washed away his kiss.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Haven of dreams, its aureole of paradise going round and round!

  Fiction book (2001)

• Her face was sober and girlish under the aureole of gold that was her hair.

  Fiction book (1990)

• There was no aureole of light about the second child's face; no star shining down specifically on his soft pink head.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The puny bumps on the aureoles I took to be one more indication of God's prodigious attention to detail.

  Fiction book (2001)

• JAMES: That’s an aureole.

  The Aeronauts (2019)

• The aureole surrounding the cross at the top is visually linked with the background pendentive and its oculus, bracketed by the sweeping soffits of the adjacent arches.

  Academic text (1995)

• The political implications of positioning the duke and the hereditary princes behind the frontal image of Christ are reinforced in the upper section of the reliquary shrine, where a cross appears in the center of the aureole.

  Academic text (1995)

• In the painting, the saint is depicted with an aureole of light surrounding her head, symbolizing her holiness.

Synonyms

G

glory

vsaureole

• Specialized

114 8.6

A bright circle of light around a holy person's head in pictures

is the neutral visual circle that may not state sanctity

H

halo

vsaureole

13 5.8

A circle of light painted around a saint's head to show they are holy

surrounds the head or body rather than only the head

A

aura

vsaureole

6 8.1

A bright light that surrounds a holy person's head in pictures

is a clear circle or area of light rather than a vague glow

N

nimbus

vsaureole

• Literature

1 9.1

A ring of light around a holy person's head in pictures

is a broader area of light rather than a thin ring

A

aureola

vsaureole

• Literature

9.4

A bright circle of light around a holy person's head

is the other spelling commonly used for the same circle

G

gloriole

vsaureole

• Specialized

9.9

A ring of bright light that appears around a holy person's head in art

is used for any holy figure's light, not only saints

Antonyms

S

shadow

544 1.0

A dark shape on the ground made when something blocks light

A

absence

216 2.1

A lack of someone or something that should be there

How Bright

nimbus

• Literature

1 9.1

aureole

• Specialized

1 9.9

halo

13 5.8

glow

119 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology