auspication
auspication noun: divination by birds; auspice.
Noun
auspication (countable and uncountable, plural auspications)
- Divination by birds; auspice.
- [This] auspication contradicts the typical character of Roman auspications as yes / no inquiries and the typical reference of an auspication to a single day.1998, Roberta Stewart, Public Office in Early Rome: Ritual Procedure and Political Practice, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 41
- ... auspication of a different kind. He pointed out that "to have the auspices" meant the active possibility to […] auspication which always applied to all assemblies. The observation of the flight of birds was a type of[…]2014 July 14, William McCuaig, Carlo Sigonio: The Changing World of the Late Renaissance, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 208
Forms of auspication
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Questions about auspication
- What does auspication mean?
- Auspication means divination by birds; auspice.
- What part of speech is auspication?
- Auspication is a noun.
- What is the plural of auspication?
- The plural of auspication is auspications.
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