Definition of Augural

1. a. Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books.

Definition of Augural

1. Adjective. prophetic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Augural

1. pertaining to augury [adj] - See also: augury

Lexicographical Neighbors of Augural

augmented triads
augmented unison
augmented unisons
augmenter
augmenters
augmentin
augmenting
augmentless
augmentor
augmentor fibres
augmentor nerves
augmentors
augments
augnathus
augur
augural (current term)
auguration
augured
augurer
augurers
augurial
auguries
auguring
augurous
augurs
augurship
augurships
augury
augustan

Literary usage of Augural

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1863)
"The In- augural Speech of President Lincoln.—The Spirit of the New Administration.—Its Financial Condition.—Embassy from the Southern Confederacy. ..."

2. The Story of the Stick in All Ages and Lands: A Philosophical History and by Antony Réal (1892)
"THE augural STICK. The augury priests among the Romans. ... Origin of the augural stick. STICK which formerly had an extraordinary influence over the minds ..."

3. The Aerial World: A Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere. by Georg Hartwig (1875)
"Tha Thunderbolts of Jove— augural Importance of the Thunderstorm among the ancient Etruscans and Romans— Persons Struck by Lightning deemed Favourites of ..."

4. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Family Coins Belonging to His by William Henry Smyth (1856)
"... and Numa Pompilius, the Marcii boasted their descent: behind the head is an augural lituus. An interesting but common coin, in very high preservation, ..."

5. The School World (1905)
"There is an augural wink, indeed, in the eye of the pedagogue. The more cynical regard the holiday task as a sort of breakwater, to be employed by the tutor ..."

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