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Definition of Gloriole

Gloriole
Gloriole Glo"ri*ole, n. [L. gloriola a small glory, dim. of gloria glory.] An aureole. [R.] --Msr. Browning.

Meaning of Gloriole from wikipedia

- hálōs, 'threshing floor, disk'), also called a nimbus, aureole, glory or gloriole (Latin: gloriola, lit. 'little glory'), is a crown of light rays, circle...
- Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. Bronze statuette of Helios with a seven-pointed gloriole and breastplate. Helios statuette, Antalya Museum. Mithraic relief with...
- The figure is standing on a lotus, with a baresman in hand and with a gloriole around his head. Until the 1920s, this figure was commonly thought to be...
- Western kings. This Zeus-Mithra is also the one represented seated (with the gloriole around the head, and a small protrusion on the top of the head representing...
- inglobate glori- glory Latin gloria gloriation, glorification, glorify, gloriole, glorious, glory, inglorious, vainglorious, vainglory gloss-, glot- tongue...
- that Moses was enlightened, that "the skin of his face shone" (as with a gloriole), as the KJV has it. The Septuagint properly translates the Hebrew phrase...
- of Mary) with a gold crown (above), a silver crescent (below), and gold gloriole (around the monogram). This imagery specifically refers to her image and...
- words of Friedrich Engels, "the Church blessed the feudal order with the gloriole of divine blessings. Her hierarchy was ordered according to feudal principles...
- at those wavelengths. A halo (ἅλως; also known as a nimbus, icebow or gloriole) is an optical phenomenon produced by the interaction of light from the...
- feet. She is standing with the moon globe under her feet, a twelve stars gloriole around her head. Holding baby Jesus in her right hand. With the arms widespread...