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Definition of Haruspication
1. n. See Haruspicy.
Definition of Haruspication
1. Noun. divination, fortune-telling, by reading the entrails of animals (a practice of Ancient Rome). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haruspication
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haruspication
Literary usage of Haruspication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"Most varieties of divination found in other parts of the world occur also in
India; artificial divination, by haruspication, prodigies, lightning, augury, ..."
2. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"Most varieties of divination found in other parts of the world occur also in
India; artificial divination, by haruspication, prodigies, lightning, augury, ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... the fissures caused on the shoulder- blade of a sacrificial animal by exposing
it to fire; haruspication used many methods, including the inspection of ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... —artificial divination, by haruspication, prodigies, light- Ding, augury,
astrology, and lots, as contrasted with natural ..."
5. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"As a religious practice (haruspication, augury, and the like) it is closely
connected with the rites of sacrifice and prayer. It forms a recognized mode of ..."
6. Introduction to the History of Religions by Crawford Howell Toy (1913)
"... most important methods of divination in antiquity was the examination of the
entrails of animals (haruspication). Of this system there are a few ..."
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