augural
Pertaining to omens
Augural relates to augurs or augury—the practice of interpreting omens, especially in ancient Rome where augurs read signs in bird flight, entrails, or natural phenomena.
The word describes things pertaining to divination or prophecy: augural rites, augural significance.
It appears mostly in historical or literary contexts.
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
soothsayer · sibyl · revelation · precognition · foretelling · predictive · divinatory · prophetic
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- foretokenProphetic indication
boding · foreshadowing · premonition · warning · sign · herald · prophetic · auspicious
Internal digestive organs
- auspicesSponsorship and guidance
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- sibylAncient female prophet
pythia · prognostication · scrying · auspice · sacrificial · ritualistic · ancient · Roman
Official oath-taking ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- inductionFormal admission process
- installationProcess of putting in
- commencementAct of starting
convocation · initiation · ritual · consecration · formal · official · traditional · opening
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
clairvoyant · soothsayer · sibyl · revelation · precognition · foretelling · predictive · divinatory · prophetic · inspired
portent
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
foretoken · boding · foreshadowing · premonition · warning · sign · herald · prophetic · auspicious · inauspicious
entrails
Internal digestive organs
- auspicesSponsorship and guidance
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
sibyl · pythia · prognostication · scrying · auspice · sacrificial · ritualistic · ancient · Roman · Etruscan
swearing-in
Official oath-taking ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- inductionFormal admission process
- installationProcess of putting in
commencement · convocation · initiation · ritual · consecration · formal · official · traditional · opening · dedicatory
auguralretrospective
Reviewing what came before
backward-looking · historical · commemorative · memorial · archival
auguralempirical
Based on observation, not theory
scientific · evidential · rational · analytical · factual
inaugurate, inauguration, inaugural, augur, augury, augurs, inaugurator, inaugurations, inaugurators