Definition of Augustan
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
.
Related Words
Augustus
,
Gaius
Julius
Caesar
Octavianus
,
Gaius
Octavianus
,
Octavian
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