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Auˈgustal, a. Hist. [ad. L. Augustālis, f. Augustus: see -al1.] Of or pertaining to the emperor Augustus, or to his worship; imperial. Augustal Prefect (L. præfectus Augustalis), the title of the prefect of Egypt.
1658Ussher Ann. 809 The Augustal Principality, that is of governing after his own will..he [Tiberius] obtained afterwards. 1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 346 The Augustal Priests. 1731Hist. Litteraria II. 57 The great power that was lodged in the Augustal Praefect of Egypt. 1907W. G. Holmes Age of Justinian & Theodora II. vii. 475 The Augustal Praefect resigned the control of all Egypt for that of Alexandria and the adjacent country. |