Augustinian

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adjective

Of, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.

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Meanings

Augustinian1

adjectiveAugustinian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.

    I do not subscribe to any Augustinian type split of the world/universe into good or bad, one Godly, one absent of God.

    1995 February 1, Momabee, “Petitions, Acceptance, and Moshiach”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)
  2. not comparableOf, or relating to several religious orders influenced by him.
nounAugustinian (plural Augustinians)

plural Augustinians

  1. A follower of St Augustine or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.
  2. A friar or monk of any Augustinian order.

Augustinian2

nounAugustinian (plural Augustinians)

plural Augustinians

  1. historicalrareA member of a supposed radical group of the early Reformation, who allegedly believed that humans would not enter Heaven until the Last Judgment.

    [George] Eder lists […] Augustinians (who were psychopannychists), […]

    1962, George Huntston Williams, “Divisiveness Among, and Ecumenical Overtures to, the Moravian Anabaptists”, in The Radical Reformation, Philadelphia, Pa.: Westminster Press, →OCLC, chapter 26 (The Hutterites in Moravia, 1542–1578), page 675
    2 more examples

    Such be the […] Hutites, Auguſtinians, Monaſterians, Bocaldians, Hoffmaniſts, Georgians, Memniſts, with the reſt, amounting to the number of two hundred and three ſcore knowne Sects, by the computation of Caſpar Vlenbergius, and others aboue twelue yeeres agoe; […]

    1601 March 25, R[ichard] B[roughton], “How This Age of Protestants Exceedeth All Others, Both in Respect of Errors, and Practicall Impieties”, in An Apologicall Epistle: Directed to the Right Honorable Lords, and Others of Her Maiesties Priuie Counsell. […], Antwerp: […] Arnold Coninx [actually English Secret Press], →OCLC, page 7

    Of the Anabaptiſts, the ſame Author [Alexander Ross] Sect. 12. reckons up a great many different Sects, as the Mancerians, the Separatiſts, the Cathariſts, the Apoſtolicks, the Enthuſiaſts, the Silentes, the Adamites, the Liberi, the Hutites, the Melchioriſts, the Menoniſts, the Beucheldians, the Auguſtinians, the Denkians, and many others.

    1735, [Richard Challoner], “Of [Martin] Luther’s Quarrel with Carlostadius [i.e., Andreas Karlstadt], and of the Divisions That Insued Thereupon amongst Protestants: […]”, in A Short History of the First Beginning and Progress of the Protestant Religion. […], London: […] H. Brabham, […], →OCLC, page 17

Origin

Augustinian · adjective, noun

  1. LatinAugustīniānus
  2. Middle EnglishAugustinen
  3. EnglishAugustinian

From Middle English Augustinen, from Latin Augustīniānus, from Augustīnus + -iānus, after Augustine of Hippo. By surface analysis, Augustine + -ian.

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Augustinian · noun

  1. LatinAugustīniānī pl
  2. EnglishAugustinian

Learned borrowing from Latin Augustīniānī pl, from Augustīnus + -iānus, after an unidentified person so named. By surface analysis, Augustine + -ian.

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Translations

Catalan agustí, agustí
  • agustíof or relating to St Augustine
  • agustífollower
  • agustífriar or monk
Finnish augustinolainen, augustinolainen
  • augustinolainenof or relating to St Augustine
  • augustinolainenof or relating to religious order influenced by him
  • augustinolainenfollower
  • augustinolaismunkkifriar or monk
Greek αυγουστίνειος
  • αυγουστίνειος (avgoustíneios)of or relating to St Augustine
Hungarian Szent Ágoston-i, ágostoni
  • Szent Ágoston-iof or relating to St Augustine
  • ágostoniof or relating to St Augustine
  • Ágoston-rendiof or relating to religious order influenced by him
Russian августи́нский, августи́нский
  • августи́нский (avgustínskij)of or relating to St Augustine
  • августи́нский (avgustínskij)of or relating to religious order influenced by him
Spanish agustino, agustino
  • agustinoof or relating to St Augustine
  • agustinoof or relating to religious order influenced by him
  • agustinofollower
  • agustinofriar or monk

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APA

Augustinian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Augustinian

MLA

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Chicago

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