aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The royal castle shone with a strange lustre; a sun seemed to send forth a halo; an ominous aureola appeared in the distance.

From Psyche by Couperus, Louis

This glory was called nimbus, or aureola, and is defined by Servius to be "the luminous fluid which encircles the heads of the gods."

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

In the soffit of the arch, the head of Christ in a medallion, with rays issuing from behind the aureola.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander