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 AUG ( 507 ) AVI a fedival indituted by the Roman* to a coat-armour, frequently given as particular marks AUGUSTALIA, in honour of Augudus Csefar, on his return to Rome, of honour, and generally borne either in the efcutch- after having fettled peace in Sicily, Greece, Syria, eon or a con ton ; as have all the baronets of England, who have borne the arms of the Province of Ullter in Afia, and Parthia; on which occafion they likeWife built an altar to him, inferibed Fortur.x reduci. Ireland. Prafettus, a title peculiar to a Roman AUGRE, or Awgre, an inftrument ufed by carpenters AUGUSTALIS and joiners to bore laige round holes ; and confiding magiflrate who governed Egypt, with a power much of a wooden handld, and an iron blade terminate^ at like that of a proconful in other provinces. AUGUSTINE, or St. Augustine, the capital town bottom with a fteel bit. AUGSBURGH, a confiderable city of Swabia, in Ger- of Spanilh Florida in North America; fituated near the many; fituated in ii° E. long, and 48° ao'N. lat. It frontiers of Georgia, in 8u° W. long, and 30° N. lat. is an imperial city, and remarkable"for being the place CAPE-AUGUSTIN, 0 a cape of Brazil, in South Amewhere the Lutherans prefented their confeffion of faith rica ; lying in 35 W. long, and 8° 30 S. lat. to the emperor Charles V. at a diet of the empire held AUGUSTINS, a religious order in the church of Rome, in 15 jo, from hence denominated the Augjburg con- who follow the rule of St. Augudin, prefcribeil them by pope Alexander IV. Among other things, fetften. AUGER, an officer among the Romans appointed to this rule enjoins to have all things in common, to reforetel future events, by the chattering and feeding of ceive nothing without the leave of their fupeior; and birds. There was a college or community of them, feveral other precepts relating to charity, modefly, and confiding originally of three members with relpeft to chadity. There are likewife nuns of this order. The Augudins are clothed in black, and at Paris the threeLuceres, Rhamnenfes, and Tatienfes : afterwards the number was increafed to nine, four of whom are known under the name of the Religioui of St. Gewere patricians and five plebeians. They bore an au- nevieve, that abbey being the chief of the order. gural daff or wand, as the eniign of their authority ; AUGUSTINUS, the name of Janfenius’s treatife, from and their dignity was fo much refpedted, that they which are colle&ed the five famous propofitions ewere never depofed, nor any fubdituted in their place, numerated under the article Janfenifm. See Jansethough they fhould be convi&ed of the mod enormous nism. crimes. See Augury. AVIARY, a place fet apart for feeding and propagating AUGURY, in antiquity, a fpecies of divination, or the birds. It Ihould be fo large, as to give the birds fome art of foretelling future events, is didinguifhed into freedom of flight; and turfed, to avoid the appearance five forts. 1. Augury from the heavens. 2. From of foulnefs on the floor. birds. 3. From chickens. 4. From quadrupeds, j. AVICIENNA, in botany. SccBontia. From portentuous events. When an augury was taken, AVIGLIANO, afmall town of Piedmont in Italy; fituthe augur divided the heavens into four parts, and ated about feven miles weft of Turin, in 70 E. long, having facrificed to the gods, he obferved, with great and 440 40' N. lat, attention, from what part the fign from heaven ap- AVIGNON, a large city of Provence in France, fitupeared. If, for indance, there happened a dap of ated on the eaft fide of the0 river Rhone, about 20 thunder from the left, it was taken as a good omen. miles fouth of Orange, in 4 4c/ E. long, and 43^ If a flock of birds came about a man, it was a favour- 50° N. lat. It is an archbiihop’s fee, and, with the able prefage; but the flight of vultures was unlucky. whole diftrift of Venailfine, fubjedt to the pope. If, when corn was flung before the facred chickens, Avignon-berry, a name by which fome call the fruit they crouded about it, and eat it greedily,, it was of the lycium, ufed in dying yellow. See Lycium. looked upon as a favourable omen; but if they refufed AVILA, a beautiful city of Old Caftile in Spain, fituto eat and drink, it was an unlucky fign. See the article ated jo miles N. W.. of Madrid, in. j° id W. long, Divination. and 40° jo' N. lat. AUGUST, in chronology, the eighth month of our year, AVILES, afea-port0 town of Auftria in Spain, in 6° 40'' containing thirty-one days. Auguft was dedicated to W. long, and 43 30' N. lat. the honour of Augudus Ctefar, becaufe, in the fame AVIS, bird, in zoology. See Natural History, month, he was created conful, thrice triumphed, in artica. See Larus. Rome, fubdued Egypt to the Roman empire, and made Avis Avis nivis. See Loxia. an <snd of civil wars; being before called Sexatilis, or Avis paradiji. SeeMusciCAPA.. the fixth from March. « pollygletta. See Turdus. AUGUSTA, or Austa, an ifland in the gulph of Ve- Avis Avis rabo. See Pelican.us. nice, on the coad 0 of Damaltia; fituated in 17° 40' EL Avis rabos. See Phaeton., long, and 42 35' N. lat. venti. See Marcus^ AUGUSTBURG, a city of Germany, in upper Saxony, Avis is alfo the name of an order of knighthood in Porupon the river Chop, fix leagues fouth-of Drefden. Avis tugal, inftituted by Sancho the firft king, in imitation AUGUSTALES, in Roman antiquity, an epithet given of the order Alcantara, whofe great crofs they wear. to the flamens or prieds appointed to facrifice to Au- AVISO, a termofchiefly ufed in matters of commerce, to gudus after his deification; and alfo to the ludi or denote an advertifement, games celebrated in honour of the fame princi Qa the ligence. _See Advxce. an advice,, or piece of intelfourth of the ides of Oidober. AUK-