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Definition of Aureolas
1. aureola [n] - See also: aureola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aureolas
Literary usage of Aureolas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Aerial World: A Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere. by Georg Hartwig (1875)
"... Professor Siemens on the Pyramid of Cheops—Electrical aureolas—Luminous
Rain—Luminous Dust—Causes of the St. Elmo's Fire and of the Analogous Phenomena. ..."
2. The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life by John Donne (1839)
"And these aureolas they ascribe only to three sorts of persons, to virgins, to
martyrs, to doctors. Are then all the other saints without crowns? they must ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1860)
"Donati and Amici saw one in the dark space existing between two luminous aureolas
of the large comet of 18-">8, and this phenomenon appears to be more ..."
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