Definitions for Augustinian

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Augustinian Au·gus·tin·i·an

Spelling: [aw-guh-stin-ee-uh n]

IPA: /ˌɔ gəˈstɪn i ən/

Augustinian is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 332 anagrams from letters in Augustinian (aagiinnstuu).

Definitions for Augustinian

noun

1. Roman Catholic Church. a member of any of several religious orders deriving their name and rule from St. Augustine.
2. a person who adopts the views or doctrines of St. Augustine.

adjective

1. pertaining to St. Augustine of Hippo, to his doctrines, or to any religious order following his rule.

Origin of Augustinian

First recorded in 1595-1605; Augustine + -ian

Examples for Augustinian

The Augustinian did not concede him anything more than lungs.

The Customs of the Augustinian Order are exceedingly full on the subject of books.

In 1338 the Earl of Salisbury established here a priory for Augustinian monks.

His early history and rigid Augustinian standpoint, 404, 472.

The Augustinian hermits, as we have seen, came to Cambridge about the same time.

“Lay platters for me and these two young gentlemen,” said the Augustinian.

The standpoint which he had so firmly taken was Augustinian.

He does not find Erasmus using the watchwords of the Augustinian theology.

Accordingly he became an Augustinian monk when twenty-two years of age.

The building is very old, and was originally the church of the Augustinian priory.