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
  • His boldest innovation is to invoke not past glories but past disasters, summoning the ghosts of the United States’ catastrophic interventions in Iraq.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But, mostly, city dwellers are deprived of the true glories of the season.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Shadows, pink-colored halos, stripes on the moon, and the incandescent glow of the streetlights turned skyward illuminating the row of rooftops populated with what looked like angels holding hands.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Chinese lanterns hover above their heads like red halos.
    Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Aureoles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aureoles. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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