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Friar :: Friar (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary..

Superb :: Superb (a.) Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade..

Augustinism :: Augustinism (n.) The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.

Augustinian :: Augustinian (n.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.

Fructidor :: Fructidor (n.) The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; -- commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendemiaire..

Bartholomew Tide :: Bartholomew tide () Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th..

Kingly :: Kingly (superl.) Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand..

Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..

Nones :: Nones (n. pl.) The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method..

Ab :: Ab (n.) The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August..

Augustan :: Augustan (n.) Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.

Lammas :: Lammas (n.) The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide..

Augustness :: Augustness (n.) The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.

Augustinian :: Augustinian (n.) 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..

Augustinianism :: Augustinianism (n.) Alt. of Augustinis.

Abelonian :: Abelonian (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel..

August :: August (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days..

Austin :: Austin (a.) Augustinian; as, Austin friars..

Majestic :: Majestic (a.) Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand..

Coquina :: Coquina (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida..

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