Augury

n.	1.	The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
	2.	An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. From their flight strange auguries she drew. - Drayton. He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. - Prescott.
	3.	A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.

Noun

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augury - an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" Synonyms: foretoken, preindication, sign

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