inspecting the entrails

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• haruspex — [hə rʌspɛks] noun (plural haruspices spɪsi:z) (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals. Derivatives haruspicy hə rʌspɪsi noun Origin L., from an unrecorded element meaning… …   English new terms dictionary

• aruspex — n. priest and soothsayer in ancient Rome who predicted the future by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals …   English contemporary dictionary

• aruspices — n. priest and soothsayer in ancient Rome who predicted the future by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals …   English contemporary dictionary

• haruspex — n. priest and soothsayer in ancient Rome who predicted the future by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals …   English contemporary dictionary

• haruspices — n. priest and soothsayer in ancient Rome who predicted the future by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals …   English contemporary dictionary

• Animal rights — advocates propose that animals be viewed as persons, not property.[1] Description Animals are members of the moral community …   Wikipedia

• haruspicy — noun The study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice. Different kinds of divination, which have passed for sciences, we have had: 6. Haruspicy, by inspecting the bowels of animals. Syn: aruspicy, extispicy …   Wiktionary

• haruspex — 1580s, from L. haruspex (pl. haruspices) soothsayer by means of entrails, first element from PIE *ghere gut, entrail (see YARN (Cf. yarn)); second element from L. spic beholding, inspecting (see INSPECT (Cf. inspect)). The practice is Etruscan.… …   Etymology dictionary