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Haruspex — Etruscan inscriptions on the bronze sheep s liver of Piacenza In Roman and Etruscan religious practice, a haruspex (plural haruspices; Latin auspex, plural auspices) was a man trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy, hepatoscopy … Wikipedia
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haruspex — n. (pl. pices ) soothsayer, especially divining by sacrifice s entrails. ♦ haruspical, ♦ haruspicate, a. ♦ haruspication, ♦ haruspicy, n … Dictionary of difficult words
