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Haruspicy

//həˈɹʌspɪsi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice. countable, uncountable

    "Different kinds of divination, which have passed for sciences, we have had: […] 6. Haruspicy, by inspecting the bowels of animals. […]"

Etymology

From Latin haruspicium, from haruspex (“diviner of entrails”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).

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