Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAR-A-SE-LENE'
PAR-A-SE-LENE', n. [Gr. παρα, about or near, and σηληνη, the moon.]
A mock moon; a luminous ring or circle encompassing the moon, in which sometimes are other bright spots bearing some resemblance to the moon. – Encyc.
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