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Definition of Haruspices
1. haruspex [n] - See also: haruspex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haruspices
Literary usage of Haruspices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Rome: Amply Illustrated with Maps, Plans, and Engravings by Robert Fowler Leighton (1885)
"The Art of the haruspices was another peculiar form of Roman worship. It was of
Etruscan origin, and on important occasions haruspices were often summoned ..."
2. A Manual of Roman Antiquities by Charles Anthon (1851)
"They originally came to Rome from Etruria, whence haruspices were often sent for
by the Romans on important ..."
3. A manual of Roman antiquities by Thomas Swinburne Carr (1836)
"The doctrine of the haruspices (disciplina), being hereditary in families, was
originally left to oral tradition ; but in the time of Cicero there existed ..."
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