Augustine

American  

[aw-guh-steen, aw-guhs-tin, uh-guhs-] / ˈɔ gəˌstin, ɔˈgʌs tɪn, əˈgʌs- /

noun

1. Saint, a.d. 354–430, one of the Latin fathers in the early Christian Church; author; bishop of Hippo in nothern 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 first name, form of Augustus.

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Augustine British  

/ ɔːˈɡʌstɪn /

noun

1. 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. 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

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Augustine Cultural  

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, Confessions.

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Other Word Forms

• pre-Augustine adjective

Example Sentences

As St. Augustine observed, law derives legitimacy from morality.

From The Wall Street Journal

Where Perpetua can be frustratingly elusive, Augustine is almost too well-known for biography.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The real evils in war,” St. Augustine once wrote, are “love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As a “banana-sized” baby, Claude was moved from the Louisiana alligator farm where he hatched to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in Florida, where he lived in an enclosure alone for 13 years.

From Los Angeles Times

The trial of Alexandria Augustine, the 25-year-old woman accused of assaulting a federal officer with her umbrella, played out over the course of several days in October.

From Los Angeles Times