Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Protection or support; patronage.
- noun A sign indicative of future prospects; an omen.
- noun Observation of and divination from the actions of birds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An augury from birds; an omen or a sign in general: as, to take the auspices; an auspice of good fortune.
- noun Protection or lead; favoring or propitious influence; patronage: especially in the phrase under the auspices (of).
- noun A circumstance or conjunction of circumstances betokening success: as, his career was begun under the fairest auspices.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.
- noun Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Patronage orprotection . - noun An
omen or asign . - noun obsolete
Divination from theactions ofbirds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a favorable omen
Etymologies
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Examples
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The English noun "auspice," which originally referred to this practice of observing birds to discover omens, also comes from Latin "auspex."
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"auspice" is derived from watching birds (_avium inspectione_).
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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I will not twitter lies about myself, even under the auspice of ‘creative license’ or because it might be cool to do so.
Jodi’s Anti-Resolutions for the ’10 Creative Year « Write Anything 2010
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But, we're all supposed to accept it under the auspice of "Keep Portland Wierd".
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Additionally Hitler's platform ran on health care and Government expansion into a citixzen''ss lives, all under the auspice of equality. the word NAZI means National Socialist, which accurately describes Obama.
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I discovered the Cuban Writing Retreat, run through the University of Sydney under the auspice of award winning Australian author Sue Woolfe last year after the Byron Bay Writers Festival.
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Under the auspice of Pope Shenouda III, the Heliopolis-based network aims to bring the teachings of the Coptic Church, through liturgies, Bible studies, children's programming and more, into the homes of Copts worldwide.
Global Voices in English » Egypt: Two Coptic Orthodox Church Channels 2009
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David Liddiment, a member of the BBC Trust, said it was still working out how it would oversee the World Service when it comes under the BBC's auspice in 2014.
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Under the auspice of the Cuban Fund for Cultural Goods, 1,500 artists, craftsmen, painters, art promoters and others who have a sales license and goods to offer will be present at the PABEXPO showroom in Havana and in the other 13 provinces from April 22 through May 7 selling their goods for the new found gift giving celebration. 25 institutional stands and 170 individual ones required sales space.
Margarita Alarcon: Made in Cuba Margarita Alarcon 2011
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For those Aussie readers, you could consider a donation to the Indigenous Literacy Project under the auspice of the Fred Hollows Foundation.
5 Tithing Ideas for the Writer in Your Life « Write Anything 2009
fbharjo commented on the word auspice
a spice flight?
November 11, 2011
michaelt42 commented on the word auspice
I am not a little puzzled to find duress and auspice linked together as "Related words/same context". They are virtual antonyms. So what is the relation?
December 1, 2011