Obs. rare. [n. of action f. L. auspicāt-: see AUSPICATE a. and -ATION.] The taking of auspices, getting of favorable omens.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 4. Their sacrificing to the starres, in an auspication of the years fertility. Ibid., 296. He took auspication from a bird that sate before them.
