Extispicy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɛkˈstɪspɪsi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Extispicy is a noun meaning (uncountable) Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
Meaning
(uncountable) Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
More Meanings
- (countable) A specific instance of such divination.
Example Sentences
They became experts in what is called extispicy, or the readings of organs of sacrificed animals.
This image has been interpreted as the performance of “an extispicy on an animal whose flesh the king will later eat."
... to avoid wasting the enormous amounts of carcasses that in Mari, as elsewhere in Mesopotamia, were the products of the frequent killing of animals, almost exclusively sheep, for extispicy and omen taking.
Word Forms
- extispicies
Synonyms for extispicy
Depending on context, synonyms include haruspicy.
Related Words
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