Definition of august

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August (a.) 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..

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Positivism :: Positivism (n.) A system of philosophy originated by M. Auguste Comte, which deals only with positives. It excludes from philosophy everything but the natural phenomena or properties of knowable things, together with their invariable relations of coexistence and succession, as occurring in time and space. Such relations are denominated laws, which are to be discovered by observation, experiment, and comparison. This philosophy holds all inquiry into causes, both efficient and final, to be useles
Superb :: Superb (a.) Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade..
Augustan :: Augustan (n.) Of or pertaining to Augustus Caesar or to his times.
Virgo :: Virgo (n.) A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [/] in almanacs..
Kingly :: Kingly (superl.) Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand..
Coquina :: Coquina (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida..
Augustly :: Augustly (adv.) In an august manner.
Nones :: Nones (n. pl.) The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method..
Etesian :: Etesian (a.) Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August..
Augustinianism :: Augustinianism (n.) Alt. of Augustinis.
Princely :: Princely (a.) Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune..
Austin :: Austin (a.) Augustinian; as, Austin friars..
Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..
Ab :: Ab (n.) The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August..
Augustan :: Augustan (n.) Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.
Thermidor :: Thermidor (n.) The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendemiaire..
Friar :: Friar (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary..
Bartholomew Tide :: Bartholomew tide () Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th..
Augustinian :: Augustinian (n.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
Majestic :: Majestic (a.) Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand..
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