Kindly endorsement and guidance:
— The tournament was held under the auspices of the city council.

synonyms: aegis, protection.

Roget 175: influence; importance etc. 642; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy^†; ascendency^†; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull [Slang]; authority etc. 737; capability etc. (power) 157; effect etc. 154; interest.    synergy (cooperation) 709.    footing; purchase etc. (support) 215; play, leverage, vantage ground.    tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices.    ... show more

Roget 507: expectation, expectance, expectancy; anticipation, reckoning, calculation; foresight etc. 510.    contemplation, prospection^†, lookout; prospect, perspective, horizon, vista; destiny etc. 152.    suspense, waiting, abeyance; curiosity etc. 455; anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation; torment of Tantalus.    hope etc. 858; trust etc. (belief) 484; auspices etc. (prediction) 511; assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance.    ... show more

Roget 511: prediction, announcement; program, programme [Brit.] etc. (plan) 626; premonition etc. (warning) 668; prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, mantology^†, prognostication, premonstration^†; augury, auguration^†; ariolation^†, hariolation^†; foreboding, aboding^†; bodement^†, abodement^†; omniation^†, omniousness^†; auspices, forecast; omen etc. 512; horoscope, nativity; sooth^†, soothsaying; fortune telling, crystal gazing; divination; necromancy etc. 992.    [Divination by the stars] astrology^†, horoscopy^†, judicial astrology^†.    [Place of Prediction]. adytum prefiguration^†, prefigurement; prototype, type.    [person who predicts] oracle etc. 513.    ... show more

Roget 664: safety, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness etc. adj.; danger past, danger over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape etc. 671; means of escape; blow valve, safety valve, release valve, sniffing valve; safeguard, palladium.    guardianship, wardship, wardenship; tutelage, custody, safekeeping; preservation etc. 670; protection, auspices.    safe-conduct, escort, convoy; guard, shield etc. (defense) 717; guardian angel; tutelary god, tutelary deity, tutelary saint; genius loci.    protector, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, custodian, duenna [Sp.], chaperon, third person.    watchdog, bandog^†; Cerberus; watchman, patrolman, policeman; cop [Slang], dick [Slang], fuzz [Slang], smokey [Slang], peeler [Slang], zarp [Slang]; sentinel, sentry, scout etc. (warning) 668; garrison; guardship^†.    [Means of safety] refuge &c., anchor etc. 666; precaution etc. (preparation) 673; quarantine, cordon sanitaire [Fr.].    [Sense of security]. confidence etc. 858 ... show more

Dutch: aegis, bescherming
Polish: obrona

ancient Rome A religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy.

synonym: augur.

Dutch: wichelaar, waarzegger, augur, auguren

A favorable omen.

Roget 512: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice; sign etc. (indication) 550; harbinger etc. (precursor) 64; yule candle^†.    bird of ill omen; signs of the times; gathering clouds; warning etc. 668.    prefigurement etc. 511.    ... show more

Dutch: voorteken, patronage, omen, auspiciën