aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

My head swam with a whirl of strange thoughts, and Bethulah, already divine to me, took on a dazzling aureola, sailed away into some strange supernatural ether.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel

Lockyer's journey from England to Sicily, and shipwreck in the Psyche, were recompensed with a glimpse of the solar aureola during one second and a half!

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

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

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