haruspicyn.
/həˈrʌspɪsi/ The practice or function of a haruspex; divination by inspection of the entrails of victims.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun]
haruspicy1569
bowel-gazing1587
ventriloquy1623
paunch-poring1656
extispicy1681
extispicine1693
haruspiciny1693
enteroscopy1726
haruspication1871
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 51 b Of Aruspicie, which is a kinde of soothsaying.
1761 B. Stillingfleet Cal. Flora Pref. p. viii This institution of augury seems to have been much more antient than that of aruspicy.
1895 Folk-Lore Mar. 63 The old Roman haruspicy exists among the Hawaiians.
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