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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

aureole , in physics, luminous circle seen when the sun or other bright light is observed through a diffuse medium, i.e., smoke, thin cloud, fog, haze, or mist. It sometimes occurs as a series of concentric circles. The aureole results from the dispersion of light by particles of dust or water. Because of the refraction of the light waves, it exhibits color in varying intensities. In geology, an aureole zone is where rocks show the effect of contacting intruding, hot igneous rock, also called contact metamorphism .

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

au·re·ole / ˈôrēˌōl/ (also au·re·o·la / ôˈrēələ/ ) • n. a circle of light or brightness surrounding something, esp. as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy. ∎  another term for corona1 (sense 1, of the sun or moon). ∎ another term for areola. ∎  Geol. the zone of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

aureole The luminous white or bluish disc, surrounded by a brown ring, sometimes observed directly surrounding the Sun or Moon. The term is also used to describe the bright area with no definite boundary commonly seen surrounding the Sun in a clear sky. See also CORONA.
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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

aureole. Halo or Glory surrounding the figure of Christ, the Virgin, or a Saint. If almond-shaped, it is formed of two interlocking segmental arcs, the whole figure called a mandorla or a vesica piscis. A circular halo surrounding a head only is called a nimbus.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

aureole. In sacred pictures, the background of gold which sometimes surrounds a figure, as distinct from the ‘nimbus’ (or halo) which covers only the head.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "aureole." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

aureole a circle of light or brightness depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "aureole." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Aureole (symbol or mark of holiness): see HALO.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

aureole in art: see nimbus .

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

aureole •barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole •Creole •carriole, dariole •cabriole • capriole •aureole, gloriole, oriole •wassail-bowl • fishbowl • dustbowl •punchbowl • rocambole • farandole •girandole • manhole • rathole •armhole • arsehole • hellhole •keyhole, kneehole •peephole •sinkhole • pinhole • cubbyhole •hidey-hole • pigeonhole •eyehole, spyhole •foxhole •knothole, pothole •borehole, Warhol •porthole • soundhole • blowhole •stokehole • bolthole • loophole •lughole, plughole •chuckhole • buttonhole • bunghole •earhole • waterhole • wormhole •charcoal • caracole • Seminole •pinole

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