aureola
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My theory is that there is a human aureola.
From Time Magazine Archive
A new painting had just been hung in the church,—the Holy Child, called by the people “Little Jesus,” with an aureola about his head.
From Fairy Book by May, Sophie
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
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
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)
