1. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; - Example: "he hoped it was an augury" - Example: "it was a sign from God" [syn: augury, sign, foretoken, preindication]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
preindication
n 1: an event that is experienced as indicating important things
to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from
God" [syn: augury, sign, foretoken, preindication]