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augustine

/aw-guh-steen, aw-guhs-tin, uh-guhs-/US // ˈɔ gəˌstin, ɔˈgʌs tɪn, əˈgʌs- //UK // (ɔːˈɡʌstɪn) //

奥古斯丁,威斯丁,奥古斯汀,奥古斯特

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Saint, a.d. 354–430, one of the Latin fathers in the early Christian Church; author; bishop of Hippo in N Africa.
    • : Saint, Austin, died a.d. 604, Roman monk: headed group of missionaries who landed in England a.d. 597 and began the conversion of the English to Christianity; first archbishop of Canterbury 601–604.
    • : a male given name, form of Augustus.

Examples

  • Augustine-based Postal Fleet Services, which has worked with the agency for nearly two decades, cited the proprietary mileage-tracking system in an ongoing payment dispute claim it filed with the agency.

  • Plus, Augustine said, school officials traveled to reach parents where they were, visiting places including churches.

  • Augustine did report several coronavirus cases in the 2020-2021 school year.

  • Augustine’s collection of vintage bottles numbers in the thousands, and every night it’s got a half dozen or so bottles open by the glass — an extraordinary educational opportunity for anyone looking to experience vintage wine firsthand.

  • In his City of God, Augustine was quite clear that in the hereafter humans would no longer need bathroom breaks.

  • Sorry Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Erasmus you must have been just a bad dream.

  • St. Augustine, for instance, did not believe the Earth was “really” created in seven “actual” days.

  • Augustine told me that a university official said they were treating the list like regular graffiti.

  • Sean Augustine, the editor of the Columbia Lion, told me janitors were taking down the lists almost as soon as they went up.

  • Here, in the year 600, St. Augustine preached before the cathedral was built.

  • We have already seen the very strong opinion entertained on this subject by Jerome, the contemporary of Augustine.

  • Over one hundred panegyrics of various saints written by St. Augustine are still extant.

  • St. Augustine complains of certain vagabond monks who went about selling relics of the martyrs, if indeed martyrs they were.

  • It is, in my opinion, very singular that Bayle should pretend to be more severe than St. Augustine.