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/ˈɔspɪsɪz/ Listen

noun

Auspice n. (pl. auspices)

A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.

Protection; patronage and care; guidance. "Which by his auspice they will nobler make." Note: In this sense the word is generally plural, auspices; as, under the auspices of the king.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... blasphemy as an outburst of Anarchism all but broke up a meeting held last night in the Masonic Temple under the auspices of the Spencer-Whitman Center, at which the subject of "Crime in Chicago" was discussed by various speakers. The Rev. John Roach Straton, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, was in the midst of the discourse detailing ...

— Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 - Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature • Various

... him to do it in any conceivable way. It can't fairly be inferred from my past career.' Ye need n't take so much pains, my friends, to wash your skirts of him. No one will ever be convinced that he was any creature of yours. He went and came, as he himself informs us, under the auspices of ...

— The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches • David Starr Jordan

... to an aviation school in Virginia, under the auspices of the Government, and there learned the rudiments of flying. Tom's father had invented an aeroplane stabilizer, but, as told in the story, the plans and other papers had been stolen by ...

— Air Service Boys in the Big Battle • Charles Amory Beach

... the second time, Sylvia visited the odd, fantastic-looking Chalet des Muguets, and under very pleasant auspices. ...

— The Chink in the Armour • Marie Belloc Lowndes

... was at Larue, and who was a great friend of the De Cubriers. We were thus provided with many advantages for 'sight-seeing' in and about the city, and also for more distant excursions through credentials from the Mexican authorities. Under these auspices we visited the silver mines at ...

— Tracks of a Rolling Stone • Henry J. Coke

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