Part 780

<hw>Au`gus*tin"i*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Augustinianism, Augustinism</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw><hw>Au`gus*tin"i*an*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Au*gus"tin*ism</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.</def>

<h1>Augustly</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au*gust"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an august manner.</def>

<h1>Augustness</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au*gust"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.</def>

<h1>Auk</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Auk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>alk</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>alke</ets>, Icel. & Sw. <ets>alka</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family <spn>Alcid\'91</spn>. The great auk, now extinct, is <spn>Alca (&or; Plautus) impennis</spn>. The razor-billed auk is <spn>A. torda</spn>. See <er>Puffin</er>, <er>Guillemot</er>, and <er>Murre</er>.</def>

<h1>Aukward</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Auk"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Awkward</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Aularian</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au*la"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aula</ets> hall. Cf. LL. <ets>aularis</ets> of a court.]</ety> <def>Relating to a hall.</def>

<h1>Aularian</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au*la"ri*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian.</def>

<i>Chalmers.</i>

<h1>Auld</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Auld</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Old</er>.]</ety> <def>Old; <as>as, <ex>Auld</ex> Reekie (old smoky), <it>i. e.</it>, Edinburgh</as>.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Auld lang syne</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Auld` lang syne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times <i>long since</i> past.</def> "The days of <i>auld lang syne</i>."

<h1>Auletic</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au*let"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auleticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ flute.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ash.</i>

<h1>Aulic</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"lic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aulicus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ hall, court, royal court.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a royal court.</def>

<blockquote>Ecclesiastical wealth and <b>aulic</b> dignities. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Aulic council</col> <fld>(Hist.)</fld>, <cd>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 <i>aulic councilors<i>.</cd>

<i>P. Cyc.</i> </cs>