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- noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)
- noun a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States
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Examples
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It was here that he baptized St. Augustine, and burst out with the grand _Te Deum Laudamus_, ascribed to him.
Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta W. Cope Devereux
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Then there is Augustine, a really great man whom some call St. Augustine, as if a man could be a saint.
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You see the students here at Brother Martin high school, a mostly white school, but you're seeing these kids doing the skit here portraying players from the rival school, St. Augustine, which is predominantly black, and they're wearing these outfits with black shrouds over their faces.
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We could paraphrase St. Augustine as he described the importance of justice to a nation in "The City Of God."
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DREW GRIFFIN, CNN ANCHOR: On the northeast coast of Florida, the historic city of St. Augustine, that is where our reporter from WLTV affiliate out of Jacksonville, Maria Tsataros is on the line.
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GRIFFIN: Let's move up the coast to St. Augustine, that is where Kathleen Koch is standing by.
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In this place called St. Augustine we understood the king did keep, as is before said, 150 soldiers, and at another place some dozen leagues beyond to the northwards, called St. Helena, he did there likewise keep
Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage Walter Bigges
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St. Augustine in the north porch of St. Peter's Abbey church, afterwards known as St. Augustine's.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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"I was so small my freshman year: 5-foot-nothing, 110 pounds," said Carrasco, who attended a private school called St. Augustine.
The Seattle Times 2011
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When the weather cooperates, you could spend several days in the historic city of St. Augustine, which is on the Atlantic coast about 100 miles northeast of Orlando.
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