Definition of "aureola" [au•re•o•la]

• Radiance of luminous cloud that sorrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage. (noun)

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• "  I draw quickly, the curves of her buttock and shoulder, a faint shading of aureola."
• "I draw quickly, the curves of her buttock and shoulder, a faint shading of aureola."
• "Shadows, aureola and mist, the light falling on roofs and gables of white or brown two miles off"