Sentence example with the word 'haruspices'

haruspices

Last update: October 13, 2015


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From it many of the religious rites and ceremonies of Rome are said to have been derived, and even in imperial times a collegium of sixty haruspices continued to exist there.   [Please select]

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In their heart of hearts, all knew that they were concoctions, and the haruspices laughed when they met each other.   [Please select]

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From Etruria was introduced the art of the haruspices, or soothsayers, which consisted in discovering the divine mind by the appearance of victims slain for the sacrifices.   [Please select]

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There were augurs and haruspices to discover the will of the gods, according to entrails and the flight of birds.   [Please select]

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They were grave and decorous in their devotions, and seemed anxious to learn from their augurs and haruspices the will of the gods; and their funeral ceremonies were held with great pomp and ceremony.   [Please select]

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