auspice

Definitions


[ˈɔːspɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a divine or prophetic token


Phrases:
- under the auspices of

Origin:
mid 16th century (originally denoting the observation of bird flight in divination): from French, or from Latin auspicium, from auspex ‘observer of birds’, from avis ‘bird’ + specere ‘to look’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries