augury Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

L. aucurium.

plural Auguries

The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
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.
A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.