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Augustinian

au·gus·ti·nian

US/ˌɑɡʌˈstɪniʌn/ uncommon rare

noun

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a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustianian mostaic orders

Origin

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

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