aureola

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aureola

  • /ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/ UK
  • /ɔˈɹiː.ə.lə/ US
  • /ɑˈɹiː.ə.lə/ US, cot caught merger

Where it comes from

From Latin aurea (“golden”) + -ola.

noun aureolas · aureolae · aureole

  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.

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noun luminous cloud

Españolaureola
日本語円光 enkō
中文光環 /光环 guānghuán, 光輪 /光轮 guānglún
Portuguêsauréola
Françaisauréole
DeutschHeiligenschein, Strahlenkranz, Glorie
Italianoaureola
Русскийорео́л oreól, нимб nimb, а́ура áura

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"aureola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aureola. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"aureola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aureola.

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@misc{aureola_2026,
  title = {aureola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aureola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}