a. [f. L. auspici-um AUSPICE + -AL 1.]

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  1.  Of or pertaining to auspices or augury.

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1646.  Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., IV. v. 193. That Auspiciall principle … that the left hand is ominous.

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1828.  Chatfield, Teut. Antiq., Pref. 10. A fondness for auspicial rites.

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  2.  Well-omened, fortunate, auspicious.

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1614.  (22 Dec.) Stationers’ Reg. (Arb.), III. 559. The auspiciall government of Frederick the Prince Palatine.

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1853.  Scot. Rev., I. 84. Attaching undue importance to the auspicial favour of aristocratic names.

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