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Definition of Auspices
1. Noun. Kindly endorsement and guidance. "The tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
Definition of Auspices
1. Noun. (plural of auspice) ¹
2. Noun. Protection or patronage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Auspices
1. auspex [n] - See also: auspex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auspices
Literary usage of Auspices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Rome by Robert Fowler Leighton (1883)
"The auspices were the signs from Jupiter to his people telling them what to do
... For private acts the auspices could be taken by any one who belonged to ..."
2. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1859)
"IT was under gloomy auspices, a divided cabinet, an increasing exasperation of
parties, a suspicion of monarchical tendencies, and a threatened abatement of ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Hundreds of books have been written and published under its auspices, and many
thousands of people have been taught to read them. It publishes a weekly and ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1918)
"government auspices, by the American Society for Social Hygiene and the Social
Morality Commission of the Young Women's Christian Association. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... by which the collection of these statistics would be undertaken by Mr.
WM Brewer, under the auspices of the Society and of the State Geological Survey. ..."
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