Definition of Augustinian canons

1. Noun. An Augustinian monastic order.

Generic synonyms: Augustinian Order

Lexicographical Neighbors of Augustinian Canons

August F. Mobius
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
Augustinian order
Augustinianism
Augustinians
Augusts
Augustus
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Augusty
Augæan
Aujeszky
Aujeszky's disease
Aujeszky's disease virus
Aukštaitian
Aukštaitians

Literary usage of Augustinian canons

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)
"Most of the congregations of augustinian canons had convents of nuns, ... The chief of these orders are:—augustinian canons (Î.P.), Augustinian Hermits (qv) ..."

2. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"At seventeen Erasmus entered a house of augustinian canons at Steyn near Gouda, in Holland, and spent there ten busy and not unhappy years. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The first of these new forms was that of the canons regular or Augustinian canons (qv) who about the year 1060 arose out of the older semi-monastic ..."

4. Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh by James Stuart (1900)
"... His Epitaph and Writings — The augustinian canons leave Armagh—English Laws introduced into Ulster— Proclamation against Catholic Clergy—Insurrection of ..."

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