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[ aw-gyuh-ree ] / ˈɔ gyə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR augury ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural au·gu·ries.the art or practice of an augur; divination. the rite or ceremony of an augur. an omen, token, or indication. Origin of augury1325–75; Middle English <Latin augurium soothsaying, equivalent to auguraugur1 + -ium-ium OTHER WORDS FROM auguryau·gu·ral, adjectiveWords nearby auguryau gratin, Augsburg, Augsburg Confession, augur, augur well for, augury, august, Augusta, Augustales, Augustan, auguste Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for auguryWhen he ended Vieux Carré with the stage direction, “The house is empty now,” Lahr somberly terms it “an augury and an epitaph.” John Lahr’s Biography Perfectly Captures Tennessee Williams’ Tortured Greatness|Wendy Smith|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST That at so early a period of this history such a service should be held was an augury for good. Congregationalism in the Court Suburb|John Stoughton He said he had missed his train on the previous day, and being a superstitious man he regarded that as an augury of evil. The Boss of Little Arcady|Harry Leon Wilson It is true that the Roman lords, consuls and dictators, after that the eagle appeared as an augury over Par. Villani's Chronicle|Giovanni Villani
So with omen and augury, as well as the wind dead against us. Border and Bastille|George A. Lawrence I thought how, in darker ages, this would have been regarded as an augury for good or evil. The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains|Augustus Henry Irby
British Dictionary definitions for augury
noun plural -riesthe art of or a rite conducted by an augur a sign or portent; omen Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to auguryharbinger, precursor, auspice, forerunner, sign, herald, token, warning, prognostication, promise, prophecy, presage, forewarning, portent, foretoken, boding, divination, prediction, soothsaying |