1. augustinian - Noun
2. augustinian - Adjective
A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.
One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHuman beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love. Dallas Willard
A dispute arose between the Augustinian hermits (Order of Saint Augustine) and the regular canons (Canons Regular of Saint Augustine) as to whether these were the bones of Augustine. Source: Internet
An Augustinian, he had studied theology in Paris under St. Thomas of Aquinas to become one of the most authoritative thinkers of his time. Source: Internet
Born Stanley Grech, Cardinal Grech joined the Augustinian Order in 1943, was ordained to the priesthood at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome in 1950. Source: Internet
After 1505, he lived in the Augustinian Monastery. Source: Internet
An Augustinian monastery was founded in 1276. Source: Internet