Part 447

2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.

Augustan age of any national literature, the period of its highest state of purity and refinement; -- so called because the reign of Augustus Cæsar was the golden age of Roman literature. Thus the reign of Louis XIV. (b. 1638) has been called the Augustan age of French literature, and that of Queen Anne (b. 1664) the Augustan age of English literature. -- Augustan confession (Eccl. Hist.), or confession of Augsburg, drawn up at Augusta Vindelicorum, or Augsburg, by Luther and Melanchthon, in 1530, contains the principles of the Protestants, and their reasons for separating from the Roman Catholic church.

{ Au*gus"tine (&?;), Au`gus*tin"i*an (&?;), } n. (Eccl.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.

Au`gus*tin"i*an, a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.

Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. -- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. -- Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. -- Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the Augustinian orders.

Au`gus*tin"i*an, 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.

{ Au`gus*tin"i*an*ism (&?;), Au*gus"tin*ism }, n. The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.

Au*gust"ly, adv. In an august manner.

Au*gust"ness, n. The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.

Auk (&?;), n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw. alka.] (Zoöl.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidæ. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (or Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.

Auk"ward (&?;), a. See Awkward. [Obs.]

Au*la"ri*an (&?;), a. [L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a court.] Relating to a hall.

Au*la"ri*an, n. At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers.

Auld (&?;), a. [See Old.] Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Auld` lang syne" (&?;). A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. "The days of auld lang syne."

Au*let"ic (&?;), a. [L. auleticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; flute.] Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper. [R.] Ash.

Au"lic, a. [L. aulicus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; hall, court, royal court.] Pertaining to a royal court.

Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. Landor.

Aulic council (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinct when the German empire was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors. P. Cyc.

Au"lic, n. The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic).

Auln (&?;), n. An ell. [Obs.] See Aune.

{ Aul"nage (&?;), Aul"na*ger (&?;), } n. See Alnage and Alnager.

Aum (&?;), n. Same as Aam.

Au*mail" (&?;), v. t. [OE. for amel, enamel.] To figure or variegate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Aum"bry (&?;), n. Same as Ambry.

Au"me*ry (&?;), n. A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.

Aun"cel (&?;), n. A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England. Halliwell.

Aun"cet*ry (&?;), n. Ancestry. [Obs.] Chaucer.