Au'spice, n.

n.; pl. AU'SPI-CES. [Fr. auspice, auspices, Lat. auspicium, from auspex. See supra.]

1. The omens of an undertaking, drawn from birds; augury.
2. Protection extended; favor shown; patronage.

Which by his auspice they will nobler make. Dryden. ☞— In this sense the word is generally plural, auspices; as, under the auspices of the king.