aureola

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My theory is that there is a human aureola.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

“It is the aureola which has stolen into my heart,” thought Cristobal.

From Fairy Book by May, Sophie

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)

The balloon threw large shadows on this heap of clouds, and was surrounded as by an aureola.

From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Verne, Jules