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Antonine, n. and a.|ˈæntənaɪn|
Also 6 Antonyne, 7 Antonin.
[f. L. Antonīn(us (see anthonin) + -ine1, or as variant of anthonin.]
A. n.
1. A disciple or follower of St. Anthony of Egypt (c 251–356); = anthonin.
a1550Image of Ipocrysy iv. 160 in Skelton Poetical Wks. (1843) II. 441/1 Some be Paulines, Some be Antonynes, Some be Bernardines. 1898H. Thurston Life St. Hugh iv. iii. 467 The Order of Antonines sprang into existence in 1090.
2. pl. The Roman emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus who reigned in 138–161 and 161–180 respectively.
1686G. Burnet Some Lett. iv. 209 Burying began in the times of the Antonins. 1770H. Walpole Let. 6 May (1904) VII. 380 If we have the arts of the Antonines,—we have the fustian also. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. i. 8 The general system of Augustus was equally adopted and uniformly pursued by Hadrian and by the two Antonines. 1836Wiseman Lect. Princ. Doctr. Cath. Ch. I. i. 13 The study of philosophy..under the patronage of the Antonines..was become very prevalent. Ibid. II. xvi. 223 Prudent and philosophical men, like the Antonines. 1959Encycl. Brit. XIX. 504/1 The internal tranquillity and the good government which have made the age of the Antonines famous.
B. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to St. Anthony of Egypt or St. Anthony of Padua (1195–1231); = Antonian a.
1898H. Thurston Life St. Hugh iv. iii. 469 The poor sufferers, and the Antonine monks who tended them. 1902E. Guest tr. Lepitre's St. Antony of Padua i. 3 The Antonine biographers of our own times. 1908J. J. Walsh Popes & Science (1912) x. 276 The Antonine Congregation of Vienna, which was especially devoted to the care of patients suffering from the ‘holy fire’.
2. Of or pertaining to the Antonines (sense A. 2 above) or their rule. Antonine Wall: a Roman frontier-wall between the Forth and the Clyde, built for Antoninus Pius in a.d. 142.
1770M. Folkes in Archaeologia I. 117 (title) On the Trajan and Antonine Pillars at Rome. [1875Encycl. Brit. II. 140/2 How many years Antonine's wall continued to be the boundary of the Roman territories in Britain it is impossible to say.] 1899(title) The Antonine Wall Report, being an Account of Excavations, etc., made under the Direction of the Glasgow Archæological Society during 1890–93. 1900Daily News 9 July 6/3 Another historical work dealing with the Flavian and Antonine periods. 1937Discovery July 208/1 Antonine coins. |