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the Fourth Week of Advent
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Bible Encyclopedias
Aura
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from the Gr. for "breath" or "breeze"), a term used in old days to denote a supposed ethereal emanation from a volatile substance; applied later to the "electrical aura," or air-current caused by electrical discharge; in epilepsy to one of its premonitory symptoms; and in spiritualism to a mysterious light associated with the presence of spirit-forms. See also Aureola.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Aura'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/aura.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Aura'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/aura.html. 1910.
