Saint Augustine

British  

/ ˈɔːɡəsˌtiːn /

noun

1. a resort in NE Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway: the oldest town in North America (1565); the northernmost outpost of the Spanish colonial empire for over 200 years. Pop: 11 915 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Joining the Order of Saint Augustine, a mendicant order of the Catholic Church, Mendel was able to spend his life as a monk and therefore not have to worry about his livelihood.

From Salon

Plant was from Saint Augustine, Florida, and had been at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson since July 2021, the Army said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

But pointing to a quote attributed to the Christian theologian Saint Augustine, he sees the strange combination of anger and courage as hope’s “two beautiful daughters.”

From Washington Post

She quotes Saint Augustine and Stephen Hawking, marveling at the magical behavior of quantum particles that seem to be almost romantically “entangled,” lovers leaping.

From New York Times

Just like Saint Augustine 800 years earlier, Maimonides tried to reshape the Semitic Bible to fit into Greek doctrine: doctrine that had an unreasonable fear of the void.

From Literature