Definition of aureolas Aureolas
We found 3 definitions of aureolas from 2 different sources.
Advertising
What does aureolas mean?
Wiktionary 
- aureolas (Noun)
Plural of aureola.
Part of speech
🔤- aureolas, noun, plural of aureola.
Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- aureola (n.)
Alt. of Aureole
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
aureola
awr-ē′o-la, n. in Christian art, the gold colour surrounding the whole figure in sacred pictures, distinct from the nimbus, which only covers the head, usually reserved for representations of the three Divine Persons, of Christ, and the Virgin and Child: (theol.) 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.—n. Aur′eole, the aureola: the gold disc round the head in early pictures symbolising glory: (fig.) a glorifying halo: a halo of radiating light, as in eclipses.—p.adj. Aur′eoled, encircled with an aureole. [L. aureolus, dim. of aureus, golden.]
