aureole
noun
[ ˈɔːrɪəʊl ]
• a circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy.
• "her hair framed her face in a golden aureole"
• another term for areola.
• the zone of metamorphosed rock surrounding an igneous intrusion.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aureole, from Latin aureola (corona) ‘golden (crown)’, feminine of aureolus (diminutive of aureus, from aurum ‘gold’).
