auspices

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Auspices are the support and protection of a body or a person. Under the auspices of, held under UN auspices, under her auspices.

It appears almost only in the phrase under the auspices of, meaning with the backing and in the name of. The Roman original was the reading of omens from birds, which is where auspicious comes from.

Definitions of auspices

1nounauspicesThe support and protection of a body or a person.C1
“The peace talks were held under the auspices of the United Nations.”

auspices is a support.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*speḱ-
Latin
auspicium
Middle French
auspice
English
auspice
English, today
auspices

auspice comes from Middle French auspice, from Latin auspicium, in turn from auspex.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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auspices in the wild

When the individual, known as the augur, read these signs, it was referred to as "taking the auspices".
Augury
One of the most famous auspices is the one which is connected with the founding of Rome.
Augury
Rutgers University Press (RUP) is a nonprofit academic publishing house, operating in New Brunswick, New Jersey under the auspices of Rutgers University.
Rutgers University Press
Previous to the establishment of the Chilean Olympic Committee, athletes were sent to the Olympics under the auspices of the Chilean Athletics Federation.
Chile at the Olympics
The tournament was played under the auspices of the Danish Football Association, and was contested by the best Danish teams of its time.
The Football Tournament

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Related words

the auspicium family

auspicious auspices

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