AUGUSTINE Definition & Meaning

Augustine

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

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noun

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

Augustine

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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
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
a member of an Augustinian order

Augustine

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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Augustine Duganne, a New York legislator, soldier and poet, asked in an 1863 poem: “For what hath all this Southland been / But one white sepulchre of sin / So fair without — so foul within?”

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Windward 68, St. Augustine 64: JJ Harris finished with 27 points for Windward.

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St. Augustine lost numerous players who transferred out following a coaching change after last season.

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This timing suggests that peaches had spread to the interior southeast possibly decades before the founding of St. Augustine in 1565, according to the researchers.

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“For NASA, this is not a time for business as usual,” lead author Norman Augustine, a former executive at Lockheed Martin, said in September.

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