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Augurs

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Members of a college in ancient Rome, observers and interpreters of signs sent by gods. They were originally three in number, but finally sixteen. The office was held for life. The signs observed were: flight and feeding of birds; appearance of entrails of sacrificial victims, etc.; observations made on occasion of founding colonies, levying armies, or before a battle.

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Entry for 'Augurs'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/augurs.html. 1910.
 
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