Different kinds of divination, which have passed for sciences, we have had: […] 6. Haruspicy, by inspecting the bowels of animals. […]
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Haruspicy
//həˈɹʌspɪsi//
Synonyms for "haruspicy" (8 found)
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French
2 entries- extispice noun (divination by entrails)
- haruspice noun (divination by entrails)
Latin
2 entries- extispicium noun (divination by entrails)
- haruspicium noun (divination by entrails)
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That our fates should be made dependent upon the stars, planets, and constellations, however preposterous a conceit, at least imparts a dignity to our nature by conjoining earth with Heaven: but that the doom of kings, empires, and individuals, should be regulated […] by the entrails of victims, as analysed by the butchers of Haruspicy […] is an evidence of stupid credulity that levels civilised man to the savage […]
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