austin friars
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- an Augustinian monastic orderType of Augustinian order
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Augustinian hermits, Austin friars
an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790.
From the entry Augustinian.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54