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What (who) is Aureole - definition
FORM OF HALO OR RADIANCE USED IN ART TO SIGNIFY HOLY PERSONS
Aureole; Aureolae
![Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra]], [[Rubin Museum of Art]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/17th century Central Tibeten thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra, Rubin Museum of Art.jpg?width=200 "Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra]], [[Rubin Museum of Art]]")
![Christ and His [[Resurrection]], fresco in [[Chora Church]], [[Istanbul]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chora Church Constantinople 2007 013.jpg?width=200 "Christ and His [[Resurrection]], fresco in [[Chora Church]], [[Istanbul]].")
![[[Christ in Majesty]] shown within a mandorla shape in a medieval [[illuminated manuscript]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Codex Bruchsal 1 01v cropped.jpg?width=200 "[[Christ in Majesty]] shown within a mandorla shape in a medieval [[illuminated manuscript]].")
![Images of [[Mary, mother of Jesus]], are often surrounded by an aureole, as in this image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mexico.NstraSraGpe.Repro.jpg?width=200 "Images of [[Mary, mother of Jesus]], are often surrounded by an aureole, as in this image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]].")
aureole
['?:r???l]
(also aureola ?:'r??l?)
¦ noun
1. (in paintings) a radiant circle surrounding a person's head or body as a way of representing holiness.
2. a corona around the sun or moon.
3. Geology the zone of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion.
Origin
ME: from OFr. aureole, from L. aureola (corona) 'golden (crown)', feminine of aureolus (dimin. of aureus, from aurum 'gold').
Aureole
·noun ·see Areola, 2.
II. Aureole ·noun A halo, actual or figurative.
III. Aureole ·noun The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.
IV. Aureole ·noun A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, ·etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
Aureola
An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea, "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure.
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Aureola
An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea, "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure.
In Romance languages, the noun Aureola is usually more related to the disc of light surrounding the head of sacred figures, which in English is called Halo or Nimbus.
Examples of use of Aureole
1. In the flight transcript, his reports on capsule humidity and temperature are interspersed with lyrical descriptions: "The heavens are black, but at the edge of the Earth along the horizon there is such a beautiful aureole, which gets darker farther from the planet. ... It‘s a beautiful sight." Gagarin returned to Earth a hero, cheered in ticker tape parades all over the planet that he alone had seen from space.