单词 | aureola |
释义 | aureolan. 1. Medieval Church and Roman Catholic Church. The celestial crown won by a martyr, virgin, or doctor, as victor over the world, the flesh, or the devil; the special degree of glory which distinguishes these.According to Josephus Angles in Du Cange, the aureola or coronula of virgins is white, that of martyrs red, that of doctors green. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > celestial crown of aureolec1220 aureola1483 glory1646 halo1646 nimbus1728 Gloria1784 nimbe1830 gloriole1844 nimb1849 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 348/1 The vyrgyns shall haue the crowne that is callyd Aureola. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 130 Because in their Translation, in the vulgat Edition of the Roman Church, they find in Exodus [xxv. 25] that word Aureolam, Facies Coronam aureolam, Thou shalt make a lesser Crowne of gold; out of this diminutive, and mistaken word, they have established a Doctrine, that besides those Coronæ aureæ, Those Crownes of gold, which are communicated to all the Saints from the Crown of Christ, some Saints have made to themselves, and produced out of their owne extraordinary merits certaine Aureolas, certaine lesser Crownes of their own..And these Aureolaes they ascribe onely to three sorts of persons, to Virgins, to Martyrs, to Doctors. 1640 Canterbur. Self-Convict. Postscr. 21 That..the keeping of the three Monastick vowes doth deserve an augmentation, as ye call it, an Aureola above common happinesse. 1702 Dodwell in S. Parker's Tully de Fin. B ij b The Schoolmen themselves allow such publick Endeavours a Title to an Aureola of a Doctor. 2. = aureole n. 2, 3. 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 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > that which lustrea1625 aureola1877 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Aureola, the Crown of Glory given by Painters and Statuaries to Saints, Martyrs, and Confessors. 1877 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth (ed. 4) iv. 40 Though no visible aureola gleam as yet around their brows. 3. = aureole n. 4, 5. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > sunlight > [noun] > eclipse > aureole aureole1858 annulus1871 aureola1871 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > like a halo nimbus1834 aureole1842 aureola1871 1871 tr. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. §51. 227 The magnificent corona or aureola burst into view..round the black edge of the moon. 1884 Woolson in Harper's Mag. Jan. 190/2 She floated into the..breakfast-room in an aureola of white lace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1483 |
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