[ˈɔːrɪəʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy
(e.g: her hair framed her face in a golden aureole)


- the zone of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aureole, from Latin aureola (corona) ‘golden (crown)’, feminine of aureolus (diminutive of aureus, from aurum ‘gold’)