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How to pronounce augustine
IPA transcription: ['ɑɡəs,tin]
Pronunciation variants: ['ɑɡəs,tin]['ɔɡəs,tin]
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Noun
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(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
Usage examples
- The myth of Aitor as an ancestral Basque patriarch comes from Joseph-Augustine Chaho.
- Louis Mueller began construction on a new church, the Cathedral of Saint Augustine.
- The band consists of Trevor McNevan and Steve Augustine.
- The Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery provides burial services.
- The town shares a zip code with Saint Augustine Beach.
- Saint Augustine also has the Faculty of Engineering.
- In reality similar ideas had been professed by many before Saint Augustine's time.
- The new school is named after Saint Augustine of Hippo.
- Augustine's view was that human procreation was the way the transmission was being effected.
- They sent Augustine back to Rome to request papal permission to return.