| However, many temples remained open until Theodosius I's edict of Thessalonica in 381 banned haruspices and other pagan religious practices. |
| The Roman Senate also held haruspicy in the highest regard and consulted haruspices before all important state decisions. |
| I was previously unaware that there was such a thing as a pretentious chimp, a chimp who claims to be just learning language yet still uses words such as haruspices, popinjay, pinguid, pithecine, pellucid, opprobriously. |
| The function of the haruspices was divination of the future from the entrails of sacrificial animals. |
| In the case of the augurs or haruspices of Rome, the animal was sacrificed to permit contemplation of the entrails for prophetic purposes. |
