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augustinian | (n) a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders |
augustinian canons | (n) an Augustinian monastic order |
augustinian hermits | (n) a monastic order of friars established in 1256 by the Pope |
augustinian order | (n) any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine |
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Augustinian | a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Augustinian | n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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