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Definition of Augural
1. a. Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books.
Definition of Augural
1. Adjective. prophetic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Augural
1. pertaining to augury [adj] - See also: augury
Lexicographical Neighbors of Augural
Literary usage of Augural
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1863)
"The In- augural Speech of President Lincoln.—The Spirit of the New Administration.—Its
Financial Condition.—Embassy from the Southern Confederacy. ..."
2. The Story of the Stick in All Ages and Lands: A Philosophical History and by Antony Réal (1892)
"THE augural STICK. The augury priests among the Romans. ... Origin of the augural
stick. STICK which formerly had an extraordinary influence over the minds ..."
3. The Aerial World: A Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere. by Georg Hartwig (1875)
"Tha Thunderbolts of Jove— augural Importance of the Thunderstorm among the ancient
Etruscans and Romans— Persons Struck by Lightning deemed Favourites of ..."
4. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Family Coins Belonging to His by William Henry Smyth (1856)
"... and Numa Pompilius, the Marcii boasted their descent: behind the head is an
augural lituus. An interesting but common coin, in very high preservation, ..."
5. The School World (1905)
"There is an augural wink, indeed, in the eye of the pedagogue. The more cynical
regard the holiday task as a sort of breakwater, to be employed by the tutor ..."
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