halo
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈheɪloʊ/
:
aureola
- Her hair was white and woolly, standing out around her head like a halo.
The body is aleph Omega burns in the space where angels paint their Halos.
- The body is aleph Omega burns in the space where angels paint their Halos.
Examples
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Her head was surrounded by a halo of light; her skin was as soft as a cherub's wings.
Fiction book (1996) -
The artist carefully painted a golden halo above the head of the angel in the mural.
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- Like a golden halo around her head.
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The sun makes a halo of her short white hair.
Fiction book (1998) -
I paint their comfortable Christ, with a halo over his head.
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I can practically see the halo around his head.
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Angel was huge behind them, a luminescent presence, her halo shining silver.
Fiction book (1991) -
But she had never before seen a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the painting, the saint is depicted with a radiant halo illuminating her face.
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A bright halo surrounded the head of the holy figure, signifying her holiness.
Synonyms
114
8.6
A bright circle of light around a holy person's head in pictures
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8.1
A bright light that surrounds a holy person's head in pictures
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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 ring of bright light that appears around a holy person's head in art
A bright circle of light around a holy person's head
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant disease caused by bacteria that makes spots with yellow rings on leaves
- Specialized
A bright circle of light around the sun caused by ice crystals in the sky
How Bright
Surface Forms
Etymology
Halo comes from the Greek halōs, meaning 'ring', and artists used that idea to show a bright ring above a holy person's head; that's why a halo is a symbol of holiness in pictures.