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Halo

noun

(pl. halos)

An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint. Synonyms: aura, aureole, gloriole, glory, nimbus.

A toroidal shape. Synonyms: anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, ring. "A halo of smoke"

A circle of light around the sun or moon.

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"Halo" Quotes from Famous Books

... she went into a sisterhood or a hospital, the tiny details would all be glorified by the halo which surrounds a vocation; it would all be part of a saintly life. Why is home not felt to be a vocation? Why cannot a girl welcome some tiresome commission or fidgeting rule of her mother's, as much as if it were imposed by some Mother Superior? Ought not ...

— Stray Thoughts for Girls • Lucy H. M. Soulsby

... shadow the dusk of her hair became deeper, and her face, robbed by winter of its brownness, took on the delicacy of a cameo. Ah, what a face it was now, since pain had deepened its sweetness and patience had purified its ardor! The radiance of a newly-wakened soul was like a halo around it. ...

— The Ward of King Canute • Ottilie A. Liljencrantz

... surface. Owing to the light of the stars behind the earth being diffused by the dense atmosphere—in the same way as it would be diffused by a large lens—there was a ring of brilliant light like a halo all ...

— To Mars via The Moon - An Astronomical Story • Mark Wicks

... water. The mud of the river-bed buried such obscure, savage and yet legitimate vengeances, unknown acts of heroism, silent attacks more perilous than battles in the open, and yet without any of the halo and glamour of glory. ...

— Mademoiselle Fifi • Guy de Maupassant

... halo of authority, while over the rim of her spectacles her eyes pried nervously about the room. Having glanced at her long list of names and called out the first one, she tossed up her chin and peered through the crystals of her spectacles ...

— American Indian stories • Zitkala-Sa

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