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  • noun Plural form of halo.

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Examples

  • How the good saints reacted to the removal of their haloes is not yet revealed.

    Ceremonial and Insignia—Some Considerations 1975

  • I make this claim not on the grounds that the British take an extra-large size in haloes: it's just that they have a very long experience of sin.

    Journey to Canada 1974

  • They don't stand on glass windows, or wear those things that father calls haloes, and that I call plates, round their heads, with their names written on them.

    A Book of Quaker Saints 1911

  • The minute and curious marks so produced are known as haloes; for they surround, in ringlike forms, minute particles of included substances which contain radioactive elements.

    The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895

  • Stars begin to form relatively quickly in sub-galactic-sized building blocks called haloes which are subsequently assembled into galaxies.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

  • Stars begin to form relatively quickly in sub-galactic-sized building blocks called haloes which are subsequently assembled into galaxies.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

  • Iconoclastic and aesthetically exhilarating, allusions to the sacred such as haloes in portraits, the use of traditional iconographic symbols such as white flowers, bread and, thorns, contrast powerfully with the devil imagery, of serpents and of smoke.

    Queer Sighted 2009

  • But then Robinson thought it would be even better to incorporate a range of icons, such as haloes, hearts, smileys and stars, rather than leaving it at just a kiss.

    Computerworld 2009

  • As everyone who has read my report should know by now that the pixel anomalies, that they call "haloes," are absolutely not scanner artifacts.

    Latest Articles 2008

  • As everyone who has read my report should know by now that the pixel anomalies, that they call "haloes," are absolutely not scanner artifacts.

    Latest Articles 2008

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