aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cuvier's work up to this time had appeared to them surrounded with the glory of an aureola at the summit of an incontestable science.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave

As on the previous day, the sinking rays of the sun cast the gleam of their ruddy aureola upon the folds of Joan Darc's standard, planted by herself upon the battlements of the fortress.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

By the way, did you pack my aureola?

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford

And she to whom I shall dedicate my heart shall be crowned by me with an aureola of glory, just as the rich of this world load their darlings with pearls and diamonds.

From Eyes Like the Sea by Jókai, Mór