St. Augustine

American  

[aw-guh-steen] / ˈɔ gəˌstin /

noun

1. a seacoast city in NE Florida: founded by the Spanish 1565; oldest city in the U.S.; resort.

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Example Sentences

Instead he adopts St. Augustine’s anthropology and depicts the new seekers of the City of Man usurping the old believers in the City of God.

From The Wall Street Journal

This rare waterfront offering blends timeless architectural design, modern luxury, and exceptional construction in one of St. Augustine’s most coveted, walkable locations.”

From MarketWatch

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

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