Meanings
- pluralplural of auspice
- pluralplural onlyProtection or patronage.
The project took place under the auspices of the local church.
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"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—"
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 169Lynch 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.
2023 October 18, Mel Holley, “Network News: Harper attacks Labour over strikes... but unions hit back”, in RAIL, number 994, page 18Synonyms: protection, patronage, aegis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounProtection or patronage.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian протекция
- протекция (protekcija)patronage or protection
Dutch auspiciën
- auspiciënpatronage or protection
Finnish suojelus, varjelus
- suojeluspatronage or protection
- varjeluspatronage or protection
- huostapatronage or protection
German Schirmherrschaft, Schutz
- Schirmherrschaftpatronage or protection
- Schutzpatronage or protection
- Fittichepatronage or protection
- Obhutpatronage or protection
- Ägidepatronage or protection
Indonesian naungan
- naunganpatronage or protection
Norwegian Bokmål auspisier
- auspisierpatronage or protection
Russian эги́да
- эги́да (egída)patronage or protection
Spanish auspicios
- auspiciospatronage or protection
Swedish beskydd
- beskyddpatronage or protection
Ukrainian егі́да
- егі́да (ehída)patronage or protection
Cite this entry
auspices. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auspices
“auspices.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auspices. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auspices,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auspices.
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