haruspex
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In ancient times, there would have been some official haruspex charged with picking over the entrails of a sacrificial offering ahead of any important occasion.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2010
We might be told of the early history of Anatomy, when, from the entrails of birds and animals, the haruspex prognosticated the fate of empires and the fortunes of battle.
From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by James Buchanan
Thy hallowed augurs can divine Whate'er dark song the birds of omen sing; Of augury thou art the king, And thy wise haruspex finds meaning fit For what the gods have in the victims writ.
From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Theodore C. Williams
It was a case where neither could say anything to the other, though Cato might wonder quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton
Thereupon, Roman haruspex looked into the eyes of Roman haruspex, and they both laughed.
From The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant by Will Irwin
Hence his every action is scrutinized and picked to bits, as Etruscan haruspices once examined sacrificial livers for a sign of the future.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Etruria was introduced the art of the haruspices, or soothsayers, which consisted in discovering the divine mind by the appearance of victims slain for the sacrifices.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers
No other people in Christendom produces so vast a crop of tin-horn haruspices.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
In their heart of hearts, all knew that they were concoctions, and the haruspices laughed when they met each other.
From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby
The Etruscan priests who called themselves haruspices or augurs had rules for predicting the future.
From History Of Ancient Civilization by Charles Seignobos
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