aureola
Meaning
- Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.
- An increment to the ordinary blessedness of heaven gained by virgins, martyrs, and doctors for their triumph respectively over the flesh, the world, and the devil.
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/
Etymology
From Latin aurea (“golden”).
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