AUSPEX (auspices)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: auspices   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does auspex mean? 

• AUSPEX (noun)
  The noun AUSPEX has 1 sense:

1. (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

  Familiarity information: AUSPEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUSPEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

augur; auspex

Hypernyms ("auspex" is a kind of...):

oracle; prophesier; prophet; seer; vaticinator (an authoritative person who divines the future)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)

 Context examples 

INFOODS was established in 1984 on the basis of the recommendations of an international group convened under the auspices of the United Nations University (UNU).

(International Network of Food Data Systems, NCI Thesaurus)

MedDRA was developed under the auspices of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.

(MedDRA, NCI Thesaurus)

Under these unpromising auspices, the parting took place, and the journey began.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The International Medical Terminology is a clinically validated standard terminology for the reporting of regulatory activities, originally based upon the Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Affairs (MedDRA), developed under the auspices of the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH).

(International Medical Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

She came at once, after saying pleasantly to Mr. Renfield: "Good-bye, and I hope I may see you often, under auspices pleasanter to yourself," to which, to my astonishment, he replied:—Good-bye, my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face again. May He bless and keep you!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Under what auspices?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The idea of her being indebted to Mrs. Elton for what was called an introduction—of her going into public under the auspices of a friend of Mrs. Elton's—probably some vulgar, dashing widow, who, with the help of a boarder, just made a shift to live!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)