Found 2 items, similar to augury.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: augury augury n : an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; “he hoped it was an augury”; “it was a sign from God” [syn: sign, foretoken, preindication]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Augury Augury \Au"gu*ry\, n.; pl. Auguries. [L. aucurium.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination. [1913 Webster] 2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. [1913 Webster] From their flight strange auguries she drew. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur. [1913 Webster]