a. [ L. augustus; cf. augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste. See Augment. ] Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. “Forms august.” Pope. “August in visage.” Dryden. “To shed that august blood.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To mingle with a body so august. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Grand; magnificent; majestic; solemn; awful; noble; stately; dignified; imposing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Augustus. See note below, and August, a. ] The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The old Roman name was Sextilis, the sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The name was changed to August in honor of Augustus Cæsar, the first emperor of Rome, on account of his victories, and his entering on his first consulate in that month. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Augustanus, fr. Augustus. See August, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Augustus Cæsar or to his times. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an august manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence. [ 1913 Webster ]