augustinian
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Noun (1)
- a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic ordersType of friar, mendicantKinds Austin FriarMember of Augustinian order
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Church A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 — d. 430), or to his doctrines.
Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; — called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. — Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. — Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. — Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the Augustinian orders.
One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54