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adj
Of, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of, or relating to several religious orders influenced by him.
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Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A follower of St Augustine or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.
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noun
A friar or monk of any Augustinian order.
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noun
A member of a supposed radical group of the early Reformation, who allegedly believed that humans would not enter Heaven until the Last Judgment.
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Usage: historical, rare
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noun
a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: friar, mendicant
Narrower terms: Austin Friar
History
From Middle English Augustinen, from Latin Augustīniānus, from Augustīnus + -iānus, after Augustine of Hippo. By surface analysis, Augustine + -ian.
Learned borrowing from Latin Augustīniānī pl, from Augustīnus + -iānus, after an unidentified person so named. By surface analysis, Augustine + -ian.
Across languages
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