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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint;
[syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gloriole \Glo"ri*ole\, n. [L. gloriola a small glory, dim. of gloria glory.] An aureole. [R.] --Msr. Browning. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gloriole n 1: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole]