aureola

Meaning

  1. Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.
  2. 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/
Etymology

From Latin aurea (“golden”).

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