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haruspicy|həˈrʌspɪsɪ|
Also 6–9 ar-.
[ad. L. haruspicium, f. haruspic-em: see haruspex.]
The practice or function of a haruspex; divination by inspection of the entrails of victims.
1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 51 b, Of Aruspicie, which is a kinde of soothsaying. 1759B. Stillingfl. tr. Cal. Flora Pref. in Misc. Tracts (1762) 236 This institution of augury seems to have been much more antient than that of aruspicy. 1895Folk-Lore Mar. 63 The old Roman haruspicy exists among the Hawaiians. |