augustinian order

1. 1.

   any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine

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Questions about augustinian order

What does augustinian order mean?

augustinian order means "any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine".

Is augustinian order a common word?

augustinian order is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.