aureola

Plural: aureolae, aureolas

Noun

• A halo or circle of light depicted around a sacred person.
• Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.
• 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.

Examples

• AUREOLA scored so many points it seemed to have a halo of its own.