ȯˈgəstəs, əˈ- noun
( plural augus·ti -ˌstī, au̇ˈgu̇ˌstē)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin, from augustus exalted, sacred — more at august
1.
a. : imperial majesty — a title conferred upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus in 27 B.C. and assumed by subsequent Roman emperors
b. : one of the Roman emperors with the title Augustus
2. : one of the rulers of the Eastern and Western Roman empires (as Diocletian, A.D. 286)