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/həˈɹʌspɪsi/ · noun
Divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice..
That our fates should be made dependent upon the stars, planets, and constellations, however preposterous a conceit, at least imparts a dignity to our nature by conjoining earth with Heaven: but that the doom of kings, empires, and individuals, should be regulated […] by the entrails of victims, as analysed by the butchers of Haruspicy […] is an evidence of stupid credulity that levels civilised man to the savage […]
Different kinds of divination, which have passed for sciences, we have had: […] 6. Haruspicy, by inspecting the bowels of animals. […]
Use haruspicy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Haruspicy means Divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice..
Common synonyms include extispicy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
That our fates should be made dependent upon the stars, planets, and constellations, however preposterous a conceit, at least imparts a dignity to our nature by conjoining earth with Heaven: but that the doom of kings, empires, and individuals, should be regulated […] by the entrails of victims, as analysed by the butchers of Haruspicy […] is an evidence of stupid credulity that levels civilised man to the savage […]
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