aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

One beautiful fish rested quivering, pulsating, resplendent, poised apparently in mid air, while the rays from an electric light within were so refracted that they formed an aureola about the fish, seemingly transfiguring it.

From Fly Fishing in Wonderland by Klahowya

She floated into the sunny breakfast-room in an aureola of white lace, with Janet beside her, and followed by Inness and Baker.

From Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

His face wore a look of triumph, and was surrounded by an aureola which dazzled Rosanette.

From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave

Sketches were structureless, as any aureola formed by stray sunlight grazing the moon might naturally be.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck