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Definition of haruspice

haruspice
Aruspice A*rus"pice, n. [L. aruspex: cf. F. aruspice. Cf. Aruspex, Haruspice.] A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex. [Written also haruspice.]
Haruspice
Haruspice Ha*rus"pice, n. [F., fr. L. haruspex.] A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.

Meaning of haruspice from wikipedia

- Kipsikis. Anthropomancy Augur Au****e /həˈrʌ.spɛks/ hə-RUH-spehks, plural haru****es /həˈrʌ.spɪˌsiz/ hə-RUH-spih-sees, also called aruspex /həˈrʌ.spɪˌsiː/...
- animals. For this reason, it represents a small "instruction manual" for a haru****e. The object was found in 1877 and is kept in the Civic Museum of Piacenza...
- lunar. Before any campaign or battle, Roman commanders took au****es, or haru****es, to s**** the gods' opinion regarding the likely outcome. Military success...
- hermaphrodite prompted an elaborate series of expiations: on the advice of the haru****es, the child was enclosed in a chest, carried out to sea, and allowed to...
- Historically, viscera of animals were examined by Roman pagan priests like the haru****es or the augurs in order to divine the ****ure by their shape, dimensions...
- of sacrifice and divination in an attempt to predict the ****ure. The haru****es were unable to read the entrails of the sacrificed animals and blamed...
- is windy and was usually the site of rites of divination performed by haru****es. The senate in the end sent a delegation composed of ten members with...
- acolytes. Specialists from the religious colleges and professionals such as haru****es and oracles were available for consultation. In household cult, the paterfamilias...
- revives the censorship and ludi saeculares, and organises the order of the Haru****es, with 60 members. Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo is made commander of the Roman...
- and at the same time rehabilitated the old Roman soothsayers (known as haru****es) as a replacement. He was especially hard on Druidism, because of its...