or Augustinians, one of the four mendicant orders in the Church of Rome, so called from St Augustine, whose rule they observe. The Augustins, popularly also called Austin friars, were originally hermits, whom Pope Alexander IV. first congregated into one body, under their general Lanfranc, in 1256. Soon after their institution this order was brought into England, where they had about thirty-two houses at the time of their suppression. The Augustins dress in black.

AUGUSTOÓ, or Augustow, a city in Poland, capital of the voivodship of the same name, situated on the river Netta, near a lake. It contains about 4000 inhabitants, and has a considerable trade in horses and cattle. It was founded in 1557 by Sigismund II. (Augustus). The voivodship is the northernmost part of Poland, extending from the Bug to the Niemen, between N. Lat. 52, 40. and 55, 5. E. Long. 21, 20. and 23, 9. Its extent is 6870 square miles, including the greater portion of the lakes of Poland, and many districts of extensive woods, but with some patches of good arable land. It is divided into five obwods or circles, one of which bears the same name.