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auspice

aus·pice [ áwspəss ] (plural aus·pi·ces [ áwspəssəss, áwspə sz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
omen: a sign or token for the future, especially a happy or promising one

[Mid-17th century. Via French< Latin auspicium "taking omens" < auspex "soothsayer," originally "somebody who foretells the future by studying the flight pattern of birds" < avis "bird" + specere "to look"]

under the auspices of somebody or something with the help or support of a person or organization

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