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Meaning of haruspicy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
həˈɹʌspɪsi

Definitions

Divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Français extispice haruspice
Latina extispicium haruspicium

Examples

“Different kinds of divination, which have passed for sciences, we have had: […] 6. Haruspicy, by inspecting the bowels of animals. […]”
“That our fates should be made dependent upon the stars, planets, and constellations, however preposterous a conceit, at least imparts a dignity to our nature by conjoining earth with Heaven: but that the doom of kings, empires, and individuals, should be regulated […] by the entrails of victims, as analysed by the butchers of Haruspicy […] is an evidence of stupid credulity that levels civilised man to the savage […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Harutyun Harutyunyan Harv Harvard Harvard architecture Harvard comma

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