Augustine

n. pl. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of monks, so called from St. Augustine;—popularly called Austin friars, and also White friars. ☞—This order was founded in the year 388, and was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790.

n. One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace is effectual from its nature, absolutely and morally, not relatively and gradually.