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Definition: Augustinian |
AugustinianNoun1. One of the Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Augustinian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Synonym: AugustinianSynonym: Austin Friar (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Augustinian |
| English words defined with "Augustinian": Augustinian rule ♦ Semi-Pelagian. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [San Antonio of the Eagle, Augustinian Order, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Augustinian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.21% of the time. "Augustinian" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.21% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.79% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 56 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Augustinian": Augustinian canons ♦ Augustinian hermits ♦ Augustinian nuns ♦ Augustinian rule. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
augustinian | 5 |
academy augustinian | 3 |
augustinian monk | 2 |
augustinian canon | 2 |
augustinian order | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Augustinian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | Augustinermönch (Augustinian monk, Austin friarBrit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | Augusteenagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | augustinianay августинец. (various references) agustino, agustiniano. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | canonus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-i-n-n-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: iguanians, sinuating. | |
-3 letters: ignatias, iguanian, sainting, staining. | |
-4 letters: against, anginas, antigun, antings, antisag, guanins, ignatia, iguanas, saining, staning, suiting, tunings, uniting, unstung. | |
-5 letters: angina, anting, august, gainst, giants, guanin, iguana, isatin, saning, satang, sating, siting, suntan, taigas, tining, tuning, unguis, unsung. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-i-n-n-s-t-u-u" | |
+2 letters: inaugurations. | |
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