Augustian

adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Augustan. alt-of, alternative

    "Semblably rode he into ANTIVM, and from thence into ALBANVM and ſo forward into ROME. But he entred ROME in the very ſame Chariot, wherein ſometime Augustus had rode in triumph, clad in a purple cloke, and the ſame garniſhed with ſtarres embrodered in golde: wearing upon his head the Olympicke Coronet, and bearing in his right hand the Pythisk: with a pompe and gallant ſhewe of the reſt before him, together with their titles and inſcriptions teſtifying, where? and whom? in what kinde of ſonge or fabulous argment, hee had wonne: not without a traine alſo of (a) Applauders following his Chariot, after the manner of thoſe that ride ovant in petie Triumph ſetting up a note, and crying with a lowde voice, That they were Augustians, and the ſouldiers of his triumph."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Augustan. alt-of, alternative

    "LU’THERANISM, the Opinions and Doctrines of Martin Luther, vvho being an Auguſtian Friar, ſeparated from the Church of Rome about A.C. 1115. vvrote againſt its Errors, and began the Reformation."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

More examples

"LU’THERANISM, the Opinions and Doctrines of Martin Luther, vvho being an Auguſtian Friar, ſeparated from the Church of Rome about A.C. 1115. vvrote againſt its Errors, and began the Reformation."

Etymology

An alteration of Augustan; from August(us) + -ian.

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