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Aureola

//ɔˈɹiː.ə.lə// noun

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

Etymology

From Latin aurea (“golden”).

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