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Au·gus·tan
/ɔˈgʌstən, ə-/
奧古斯都的,奧古斯都時代的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Au·gus·tan
a.
1.
Of
or
pertaining
to
Augustus
Cæsar
or
to
his
times
.
2.
Of
or
pertaining
to
the
town
of
Augsburg
.
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
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Augustan
adj
:
relating
to
or
characteristic
of
the
times
of
the
Roman
emperor
Augustus
; "
the
Augustan
Age
"
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