Dictionary - Definition of ARUSPICY


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Aruspicy" is a common misspelling or typo for: haruspicy.

Date "Aruspicy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Aruspicy \A*rus"pi*cy\, noun. [Latin expression aruspicium, haruspicium.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ARUSPICY

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The act of prognosticating by inspection of the entrails of beasts, slain in sacrifice.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Noun] The study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice. 1828, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Julius Charles Hare and Connop Thirlwall (translators), The History of Rome, Volume 1, J. Taylor, page 115, The East read destiny in the stars, Etruria and Greece in the entrails of victims [�] But the peculiar secret of the Etruscans was the interpretation of lightning: this, and all the branches of their aruspicy, were taught in sacerdotal schools �. (references)
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"ARUSPICY" is a common misspelling or typo for: haruspicy.

Date "ARUSPICY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Aruspicy \A*rus"pi*cy\, noun. [Latin expression aruspicium, haruspicium.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The act of prognosticating by inspection of the entrails of beasts, slain in sacrifice.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Noun] The study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice. 1828, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Julius Charles Hare and Connop Thirlwall (translators), The History of Rome, Volume 1, J. Taylor, page 115, The East read destiny in the stars, Etruria and Greece in the entrails of victims […] But the peculiar secret of the Etruscans was the interpretation of lightning: this, and all the branches of their aruspicy, were taught in sacerdotal schools …. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top