auspices
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[edit]auspices
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[edit]auspices pl (plural only)
- Protection or patronage.
- The project took place under the auspices of the local church.
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 169:
- "You are of the old school, Sir Robert, I know; but, still, even you must allow that a fancy fair does good—many a sinking charity has been revived under its auspices, many a principle of care for our humble classes been implanted in the young heart, and—"
- 2023 October 18, Mel Holley, “Network News: Harper attacks Labour over strikes... but unions hit back”, in RAIL, number 994, page 18:
- Lynch added: "Our findings from our FOI requests on ticket office closures shows the whole process to be a stitch-up between the train operators, under the auspices of the Rail Delivery Group[,] and ministers.
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[edit]patronage or protection
French
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[edit]auspices m
Latin
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[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈau̯s.pi.keːs/, [ˈäu̯s̠pɪkeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯s.pi.t͡ʃes/, [ˈäu̯spit͡ʃes]
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