Definition of Augustinian Hermits

1. Noun. A monastic order of friars established in 1256 by the Pope.

Generic synonyms: Augustinian Order

Lexicographical Neighbors of Augustinian Hermits

August Ferdinand Mobius
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
August Strindberg
August Wilhelm von Hoffmann
August plum
Augusta
Augustan
Auguste Comte
Auguste Rodin
Augustin Eugene Scribe
Augustin Jean Fresnel
Augustine
Augustine of Hippo
Augustinian
Augustinian Canons
Augustinian Hermits (current term)
Augustinian order
Augustinianism
Augustinians
Augusts
Augustus
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Augusty
Augæan
Aujeszky
Aujeszky's disease
Aujeszky's disease virus
Aukštaitian
Aukštaitians
Aukštaitija

Literary usage of Augustinian Hermits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"About 1500 a great attempt at a reform of this kind was set on foot among the Augustinian Hermits of northern Germany, and they were formed into a separate ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... Augustinian Hermits reformed a number of Augustinian nunneries, become their spiritual directors, and induced them to adopt the Constitution of their ..."

3. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1902)
"The protection of the Pope was also extended to the Congregation of Augustinian Hermits in Italy, who were known by the name of Apostolic Brothers. ..."

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