au|gu|ry

au|gu|ry « gyuhr ee», noun, plural -ries.

1. prediction; indication; sign; omen.

2. the art or practice of foretelling events by interpreting such signs and omens as the flight of birds, the appearance of the internal organs of sacrificed animals, and thunder and lightning.

3. the rite of examining the omens.

╂[< Latin augurium < augur augur]