单词	haruspication
释义	haruspication /hərʌspɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n / noun [mass noun] (In ancient Rome) the interpretation of omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals.Haruspication has died out more completely than almost any magical rite.... The Babylonians claimed that haruspication was the invention of the gods, and that the passions were housed not in the heart, but the liver. The examination of the liver of a sacrificed sheep, haruspication, was learnt from the Mesopotamians. Origin Late 19th century: from haruspex + -ation.
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