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† auspiˈcation Obs. rare.
[n. of action f. L. auspicāt-: see auspicate a. and -ation.]
The taking of auspices, getting of favourable omens.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 4 Their sacrificing to the starres, in an auspication of the years fertility. Ibid. 296 He took auspication from a bird that sate before them. |