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augury

[ aw-gyuh-ree ]

/ ˈɔ gyə ri /

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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 augury

1325–75; Middle English < Latin augurium soothsaying, equivalent to augur augur¹ + -ium -ium

OTHER WORDS FROM augury

au·gu·ral, adjective

Words nearby augury

augmenter, augsburg, augsburg confession, augur, augur well for, augury, august, augusta, augustales, augustan, auguste

Example sentences from the Web for augury

When 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

augury

/ (ˈɔːɡjʊrɪ) /

noun plural -ries

the art of or a rite conducted by an augur

a sign or portent; omen