Augustus C‘sar 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. Ð 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.
AuÏgus¶tine (?), Au·gusÏtin¶iÏan (?), } n. (Eccl.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
Au·gusÏtin¶iÏan, a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 Ð d. 430), or to his doctrines.
÷ canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; Ð called also regular canons of. Austin, and black canons. Ð ÷ 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. Ð ÷ nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. Ð ÷ rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the ÷ orders.
Au·gusÏtin¶iÏan, 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·gusÏtin¶iÏanÏism (?), AuÏgus¶tinÏism, n. The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.
AuÏgust¶ly , adv. In an august manner.
AuÏgust¶ness, n. The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.
Auk (?), n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw. alka.] (Zo”l.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcid‘. The great ~, now extinct, is Alca (or Plautus) impennis. The razorÐbilled auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.
Auk¶ward (?), a. See Awkward. [Obs.]
AuÏla¶riÏan (?), a. [L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a court.] Relating to a hall.
AuÏla¶riÏan, 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. ½The days of auld lang syne.¸
AuÏlet¶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¶naÏger (?), } n. See Alnage and Alnager.
Aum (?), n. Same as Aam.
AuÏmail¶ (?), v. t. [OE. for amel, enamel.] To figure or variegate. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Aum¶bry (?), n. Same as Ambry.
Au¶meÏry (?), 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¶cetÏry (?), n. Ancestry. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ø Aune (?), n. [F. See Alnage.] A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); Ð now superseded by the meter.
Aunt (?), n. [OF. ante, F. tante, L. amita father's sister. Cf. Amma.] 1. The sister of one's father or mother; Ð correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
µ Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.
2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.]
Shak.
3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.]
Shak.
Aunt Sally, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.
Aunt¶ter (?), n. Adventure; hap. [Obs.]
In aunters, perchance.
Aun¶ter, Aun¶tre } (?), v. t. [See Adventure.] To venture; to dare. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Aunt¶ie, Aunt¶y } (?), n. A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.
Aun¶trous (?), a. Adventurous. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ø Au¶ra (?), n.; pl. Aur‘ (?). [L. aura air, akin to Gr. ?.] 1. Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.
2. (Med.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.
Electric ~, a supposed electric fluid, emanating from an electrified body, and forming a mass surrounding it, called the electric atmosphere. See Atmosphere, 2.
Au¶ral (?), a. [L. aura air.] Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.
Au¶ral, a. [L. auris ear.] Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.
AuÏran·tiÏa¶ceous (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiace‘, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type.
Au¶rate (?), n. [L. auratus, p. p. of aurare to gild, fr. aurum gold: cf. F. aurate.] (Chem.) A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium.
Au¶raÏted (?), a. [See Aurate.] 1. Resembling or containing gold; goldÐcolored; gilded.
2.ÿ(Chem.) Combined with auric acid.
Au¶raÏted (?), a. Having ears. See Aurited.
Au¶reÏate (?), a. [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr. aurum gold.] Golden; gilded.
Skelton.
Ø AuÏre¶liÏa (?; 106), n. [NL., fr. L. aurum gold: cf. F. aur‚lie. Cf. Chrysalis.] (Zo”l.) (a) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. (b) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora.
AuÏre¶liÏan (?), a. Of or pertaining to the aurelia.
AuÏre¶liÏan, n. An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.
Ø AuÏre¶oÏla (?), Au¶reÏole (?), } n. [F. aur‚ole, fr. L. aureola, (fem adj.) of gold (sc. corona crown), dim. of aureus. See Aureate, Oriole.] 1. (R. C. Theol.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
2. The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.
µ Limited to the head, it is strictly termed a nimbus; when it envelops the whole body, an aureola.
Fairholt.
3. A halo, actual or figurative.
The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun during total eclipses.
Proctor.
The aureole of young womanhood.
O. W. Holmes.
4.ÿ(Anat.) See Areola, 2.
Au¶ric (?), a. [L. aurum gold.] 1. Of or pertaining to gold.
2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; Ð said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.
Au·riÏchal¶ceÏous (?), a. [L. aurichalcum, for