Augur vs Preacher - What's the difference?
augur | preacher |
A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
* Dryden
(Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.
Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy or religion, especially someone who preaches the Quran or the gospel; a clergyman.
* 2004 , Garbi Schmidt, Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago , Page 171
As a noun augur
is augur (diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds), especially in the context of ancient rome.As a proper noun preacher is
alternative name for ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the old testament.augur
English
(wikipedia augur)Noun
(en noun)- Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found / Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
Verb
- to augur well or ill
