Augustine

[ aw-guh-steen, aw-guhs-tin, uh-guhs- ]

noun

1. Saint, a.d. 354–430, one of the Latin fathers in the early Christian Church; author; bishop of Hippo in N Africa.
2. Saint, Austin, died a.d. 604, Roman monk: headed group of missionaries who landed in England a.d. 597 and began the conversion of the English to Christianity; first archbishop of Canterbury 601–604.
3. a male given name, form of Augustus.

Augustine

/ ɔːˈɡʌstɪn /

noun

1. Augustine, Saint354430MAfricanRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: saint Saint. 354–430 ad , one of the Fathers of the Christian Church; bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396–430), who profoundly influenced both Catholic and Protestant theology. His most famous works are Confessions, a spiritual autobiography, and De Civitate Dei, a vindication of the Christian Church. Feast day: Aug 28
2. Augustine, Saint604MRomanRELIGION: missionaryRELIGION: saint Saint. died 604 ad , Roman monk, sent to Britain (597 ad ) to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and to establish the authority of the Roman See over the native Celtic Church; became the first archbishop of Canterbury (601–604). Feast day: May 26 or 27
3. a member of an Augustinian order

Augustine

1. An important teacher in the Christian church , who lived in the fourth and fifth centuries. After a dramatic conversion to Christianity , Augustine became a bishop . He is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church . His works include The City of God and his autobiography , .

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• pre-Augus·tine adjective

Example Sentences

In his City of God, Augustine was quite clear that in the hereafter humans would no longer need bathroom breaks.

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Sorry Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Erasmus you must have been just a bad dream.

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St. Augustine, for instance, did not believe the Earth was “really” created in seven “actual” days.

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Augustine told me that a university official said they were treating the list like regular graffiti.

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Sean Augustine, the editor of the Columbia Lion, told me janitors were taking down the lists almost as soon as they went up.

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Here, in the year 600, St. Augustine preached before the cathedral was built.

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We have already seen the very strong opinion entertained on this subject by Jerome, the contemporary of Augustine.

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Over one hundred panegyrics of various saints written by St. Augustine are still extant.

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St. Augustine complains of certain vagabond monks who went about selling relics of the martyrs, if indeed martyrs they were.

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It is, in my opinion, very singular that Bayle should pretend to be more severe than St. Augustine.

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