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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

- certain number of young Etruscans' should be instructed in it to provide haru****es for the state. These Etruscans were later appointed as Roman augurs. In...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- acolytes. Specialists from the religious colleges and professionals such as haru****es and oracles were available for consultation. In household cult, the paterfamilias...
- sacrifice-divination through inspection of the sacrificial victim's liver—haru****es—during the Orientalizing period of archaic Gr**** culture. Plato notes...
- temple to Venus be sited according to rules laid down by the Etruscan haru****es, and built "near to the gate" of the city, where it would be less likely...
- 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...
- adopted key elements of the Etruscan religion, which were perpetuated by haru****es and noble Roman families who claimed Etruscan descent, long after the...