augur
noun
in ancient Rome, any of a group of officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs.
Example Sentences
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Murphy, winner of the augural Players Tour Championship two weeks ago, had been widely tipped to go all the way in China having disposed of top-ranked John Higgins in the quarter-finals.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2011
Queen Mother Nazli was a devotee of crystal balls, card reading, the scrutiny of tea leaves, and the augural dissection of pigeons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pursuant to my promise I send you by mail with this, the Eagle Penholder and pen with which I have written my in augural address.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shultz may have laid the Falklands ghost to rest during a private meeting with another in augural guest: Argentina's newly elected civilian President, Raul Alfonsin.
From Time Magazine Archive
It faced towards the river and the Aventine, i.e. south-east, according to the rules of augural lore, like all Roman public buildings of the Republican period.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler
