Synonyms for halo

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hey-loh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪ loʊ

Définition of halo

Origin : 1560s, from Latin halo (nominative halos), from Greek halos "disk of the sun or moon, ring of light around the sun or moon" (also "threshing floor" and "disk of a shield"), of unknown origin. Sense of "light around the head of a holy person or deity" first recorded 1640s. As a verb from 1801.

noun ring of light

Example sentences :

In her eagerness, it was as if the halo of joy that surrounded her were quivering.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Her hair was soft and light, and formed a halo round her forehead.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

She placed him on a dizzy height above her, amid a halo of goodness and grandeur.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

There is always a ring of land round a town, like a halo round the moon.
Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

And the halo formed of those tears ennobled all she saw about her.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

The halo of her tawny hair stirred as I let myself drop by her side.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

The moon rested on its little head and made its fuzz of hair a halo.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

The law, whose arrangements of words are omniscient, provided such a halo.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

Thus, in a halo of tearful glory, the Count-Bishop was laid to rest.
Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

But now it was time for the halo to appear again, to herald the sun's returning.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

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