From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Religionhaloha‧lo /ˈheɪləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun (plural halos) [countable]1RRa brightcircle that is often shown above or around the heads of holy people in religiousart2Ca circle of light or something brighthalo ofa halo of sunlighta halo of blonde curlsExamples from the Corpushalo• Since it formed a halo over the puck, did that amount to the same thing?• For example, Nina Hagen appears as a sickly-sweet Madonna with husband and child under a halo of circus lights.• When shot from a specialcamera, the RoboPuck is seen on television with a halo.• A halo of wispy blondecurlscapped her pretty face.• It was here that the rising air from the plain turned to vapour and formed the miraculoushalo.• She is also wearing a silver-gray disk that appears like an ovalhalobehind her head.• A ragged halo of smoky-blue cloudwraps round the intensesilverglow.• At the day's end, when everything cools down again, the halodisappears.Originhalo(1500-1600)Latinhalos, from Greek, "circular area, ring"