aureole

Meanings

1. A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
2. Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
3. A corona.
4. A ring around an igneous intrusion.
5. Alternative form of aureola (“increment to blessedness”).

1. To surround with, or as if with, a halo.

Etymology

From Middle English aureole, from Old French aureole, from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) (“golden (crown)”). Doublet of oriole.