1. (n.) Protection; patronage; favoring; guidance; as, under the auspices of the engineering department\.

2. (n.) A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.

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