Definition of "aureole" in English

noun

1. A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.

2. (by extension) Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.

3. (astronomy) A corona.

4. (geology) A ring around an igneous intrusion.

   • Cleavage and folds are imprinted are overprinted by the contact metamorphic aureole, indicating that they belong to a pre-intrustive episode of rock deformation and accompanying regional deformation.

5. (theology) Alternative form of aureola (“increment to blessedness”).

verb

1. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a halo.