aureoles

variants or aureolae
Definition of aureolesnext
plural of aureole
as in glories
an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage the white marble sculpture of the saint in the throes of divine ecstasy is strikingly offset by a gilt aureole

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Noun
  • And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Thwarted and truncated directorial careers are among the depressing glories of the art of movies.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Hence, physicists have inferred that galaxies are embedded with vast haloes of dark matter that extend far beyond their haloes of stars.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The negative space design keeps them feeling modern and chic, letting the gemstone halos and metallic foil really shine.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Aureoles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aureoles. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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