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noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
originFrom Middle English aureole, from Old French aureole, from Medieval Latin aureola (corona) (“golden (crown)”). Doublet of oriole.
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