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auspicial

American  
[aw-spish-uhl] / ɔˈspɪʃ əl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to auspices.

    auspicial rites.

  2. auspicious.

Etymology

Origin of auspicial

1605–15; < Latin auspici ( um ) auspice + -al 1

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Adj. predicting &c. v.; predictive, prophetic; fatidic†, fatidical†; vaticinal, oracular, fatiloquent†, haruspical, Sibylline; weatherwise†. ominous, portentous, augurous†, augurial, augural; auspicial†, auspicious; prescious†, monitory, extispicious†, premonitory, significant of, pregnant with, bit with the fate of.

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