"aureola" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/ [UK], /ɔˈɹiː.ə.lə/ [US], /ɑˈɹiː.ə.lə/ [US, cot-caught-merger] Forms: aureolas [plural], aureolae [plural]
Etymology: From Latin aurea (“golden”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|aurea||golden}} Latin aurea (“golden”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|aureolae}} aureola (plural aureolas or aureolae)
  1. Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage. Translations (luminous cloud): орео́л (oreól) [masculine] (Bulgarian), aurèola [feminine] (Catalan), 光環 /光环 (guānghuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 光輪 /光轮 (guānglún) (Chinese Mandarin), aureola [feminine] (Czech), nimbus [masculine] (Czech), svatozář [feminine] (Czech), auréole [feminine] (French), auréola [feminine] (Galician), Heiligenschein [masculine] (German), Strahlenkranz [masculine] (German), Glorie [feminine] (German), aureola [feminine] (Italian), 円光 (enkō) (alt: えんこう) (Japanese), glorie [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), glorie [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), aureola [feminine] (Polish), auréola [feminine] (Portuguese), орео́л (oreól) [masculine] (Russian), нимб (nimb) [masculine] (Russian), а́ура (áura) [feminine] (Russian), aureola [feminine] (Spanish), hale (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-aureola-en-noun-JtL7zPpI Disambiguation of 'luminous cloud': 100 0
  2. (theology) 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. Categories (topical): Theology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aureole

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "luminous cloud",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aureola"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "luminous cloud",
      "word": "hale"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "aureola"
  ],
  "word": "aureola"
}

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