Aug us tines

(Eccl. Hist.) A religious order, established in the 11th century, and called after the communities which had been established by St. Augustine, but which had long ceased to exist. They were commonly called Austin friars, or White friars. There are nuns of this order, who, at Paris, are known by the name of the religious women of St. Geneviève, and their abbe is the chief of the order. They are clothed in black. [s. 60]