AUREOLE


Meaning of AUREOLE in English

/awr"ee ohl'/ , n.

1. a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.

2. any encircling ring of light or color; halo.

3. Astron. corona (def. 3).

4. Geol. a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion.

Also, aureola /aw ree"euh leuh, euh ree"-/ .

[ 1175-1225; ME aureola ( corona ) golden (crown), equiv. to aure ( us ) golden (see AUREATE) + -ola, fem. of -olus -OLE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .