Augural synonyms

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divinitory
Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means
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fatidic
(Now rare) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic
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fatidical
Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent.
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mantic
Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.
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oracular
Obscure; enigmatic
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prophetic
Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
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sibylline
Of or pertaining to a sibyl or female oracle, especially the Cumaean Sibyl and the Sibylline Books.
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vatic
Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.
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vatical
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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vaticinal
Having the nature of or characterized by prophecy; prophetic
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visionary
Having or showing keen foresight and imagination
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foresight (related)
Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means
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Find another word for augural. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for augural, like: divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, oracular, prophetic, sibylline, vatic, vatical, vaticinal and visionary.
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Augural Sentence Examples

  • The science of augury was contained in various written works, which were consulted as occasion arose: such were the libri augurum, a manual of augural ritual, and the commentarii augurum, a collection of decrees or answers given by the college to the senate in certain definite cases.

  • There were also Commentarii of the priestly colleges: (a) Pontificum, collections of their decrees and responses for future reference, to be distinguished from their Annales, which were historical records, and from their Acta, minutes of their meetings; (b) Augurum, similar collections of augural decrees and responses; (c) Decemvirorum; (d) Fratrum Arvalium.

  • In the First Punic War, Caere furnished Rome with corn and provisions, but otherwise, up till the end of the Republic, we only hear of prodigies being observed at Caere and reported at Rome, the Etruscans being especially expert in augural lore.

  • It should be observed that in the oldest accounts there is no mention of Juventas, whose name (with that of Mars) was added in support of the augural prediction.

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