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haruspication

haruspication noun: the act or practice of divination from the entrails of animals slain in sacrifice.

Noun

haruspication (countable and uncountable, plural haruspications)

  1. The act or practice of divination from the entrails of animals slain in sacrifice.

Forms of haruspication

pluralharuspications

Questions about haruspication

What does haruspication mean?
Haruspication means the act or practice of divination from the entrails of animals slain in sacrifice.
What part of speech is haruspication?
Haruspication is a noun.
What is the plural of haruspication?
The plural of haruspication is haruspications.

Words near haruspication in the dictionary

  1. haruspical
  2. haruspicate
  3. haruspicated
  4. haruspicates
  5. haruspicating
  6. haruspication
  7. haruspications
  8. haruspicator
  9. haruspicators
  10. haruspice
  11. haruspices

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