单词 | aureole |
释义 | aureolen. 1. = aureola n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > celestial crown of aureolec1220 aureola1483 glory1646 halo1646 nimbus1728 Gloria1784 nimbe1830 gloriole1844 nimb1849 c1220 Hali Meid. 23 Þe meidenes habben upo þat [i.e. the champion's crown] a gerlaunde(sche) schinende schenre þen þe sunne, Auriole ihaten o latines ledene. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) v. iii. 93 Seynt Powle claymed by the deth that he suffred the Aureole of martirs; by gods word that he preched and taught besily he must..were also the aureole of prechours. c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) lxi Thyse thre werkes..shull haue specyall mede whyche they callen aureole. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vii. sig. tt.i Glorye accydentall excellent & synguler, the whiche glorye is named aureole the whiche is as moche to say as a lytell crowne. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 57/1 Aureole..is defined as a certain accidental reward added to the essential bliss of heaven, because of the excellent victory which the person who receives it has attained during his warfare upon earth. 2. Art. The gold disc surrounding the head (or ? the whole figure) in early pictures, and denoting the glory of the personage represented. a. The radiant circle of light depicted around the head. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject > aureole aureola1728 nimbus1728 Gloria1784 aureole1848 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art I. p. xxxiv The glory round the head is properly the nimbus or aureole. 1860 O. Meredith Lucile ii. vi. §2 In the light of the aureole over her head. 1871 D. G. Rossetti Jenny 230 The gilded aureole In which our highest painters place Some living woman's simple face. b. The oblong glory, or vesica, with which divine figures are surrounded.Didron (Iconographie Chrétienne p. 109) by a strange blunder takes aureola for a diminutive of aura ‘emanation, exhalation,’ and defines it as a mantle of light emanating from and enveloping the body, as distinct from the nimbus, which he confines to the head. This definition, which reverses the historical use both of aureola and nimbus, is not accepted in France (see Littré), but has been copied by Fairholt, and various English Dictionaries. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject > pointed oval aureole vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 vesica1820 aureole1851 1851 E. J. Millington tr. A. N. Didron Christian Iconogr. I. i. 107 The aureole surrounds the entire body. 1880 E. Venables in W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. II. at Nimbus The aureole (aureola, the golden reward of special holiness) may be defined as the nimb of the body, as the ordinary nimbus is that of the head. 3. figurative. A glorifying halo. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] athelc885 highnesseOE brightnessOE thrumOE worshipOE highship?c1225 nobleyec1300 pridec1330 realtya1375 rialtya1375 greatnessc1384 nobletya1387 magnificencec1390 regalya1393 greatheada1400 hautesse1399 lordliness1440 celsitudec1450 excelsitudec1470 state1488 princeliness1545 kingliness1548 royalty1548 amplitudec1550 grandity1589 grandeur1600 glory1613 majesticalness1613 augusteity1615 grandezza1629 augustness1644 raisedness1645 celsity1656 splendidnessa1657 grandness1663 exaltedness1730 halo1813 queenliness1831 aureole1852 magnateship1916 1852 J. H. Newman Disc. Univ. Educ. 363 In his beaming countenance Philip had recognized the aureol of a saint. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner 344 The aureole of young womanhood had not yet begun to fade from around her. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals II. iv. 281 The aureole which the genius of Theodoric cast around his throne. 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 326 Shrinking infirmity and self-contempt, hidden in a sort of aureole of revelations abundant beyond measure—that was St. Paul. 4. transferred. An actual halo of radiating light; esp. in Astronomy that seen in eclipses. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aureole circlea1123 hale1440 brough1496 burrow1499 halo1563 shine1581 burr1631 broucha1657 glory1693 aureole1858 Scheiner's halo1983 the world > the universe > sun > sunlight > [noun] > eclipse > aureole aureole1858 annulus1871 aureola1871 1858 B. Taylor Northern Trav. xxv. 256 All faces..tinged by the same wonderful aureole, shone as if transfigured. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xlix. 383 There, on the threshold, gathering round her bright locks the auriole of the glorious sun, stood Amy. 1871 R. A. Proctor Light Sci. 105 The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun during total eclipses. 5. transferred or figurative in wider sense. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > like a halo nimbus1834 aureole1842 aureola1871 1842 E. B. Browning Greek Christian Poets & Eng. Poets (1863) 89 An inseparable aureole of sweet sound. 1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. iv. 73 Bulstrode's ideal of woman..crowned with an aureole of pale auburn hair. 6. Geology. The belt of metamorphosed rocks surrounding an igneous intrusion. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > intrusion > host host1889 aureole1896 metamorphic aureole1910 1884 A. J. Jukes-Browne Student's Handbk. Physical Geol. ii. xii. 442 By French writers the term aureole has been introduced to designate the concentric zone of metamorphosed rock which surrounds an intrusive mass of igneous rock.] 1896 J. F. Kemp Handbk. Rocks 126 Aureole, the area surrounding an igneous intrusion that is affected by contact metamorphism. 1905 J. Geikie Struct. & Field Geol. xv. 214 The zone or aureole of altered rocks surrounding a large batholith of granite may be a mile or more in width. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). aureolev. transitive. To encircle with or as with an aureole or halo. Chiefly in past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround with > with or as with a halo halo1801 aureole1888 1888 Macmillan's Mag. July 188 Their forms are intertwined with rainbows and aureoled with light. 1896 M. C. Clarke My Long Life 13 His seraph-like face,..aureoled by its golden hair. 1905 C. Kernahan Visions 240 The cloud~rack which aureoled the moon. 1933 L. A. G. Strong Sea Wall 258 The slanting rays of the sun aureoled it with mellow gold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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