aureola
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My theory is that there is a human aureola.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
“It is the aureola which has stolen into my heart,” thought Cristobal.
From Fairy Book by Sophie May
And fast and far, as each miniature star Illumined the dusky air, The sparks of his mind left a halo behind, Like the aureola of prayer.
From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by W. H. (William Henry) Rhodes
The seat was a sort of alcove, almost a nest; it was at the same time a glory round them; the tender aureola of love passing into a cloud.
From Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
