Answer: auspices

AnswerCrossword Clue
AUSPICESPatronage
AUSPICESSponsorship
AUSPICESSponsorship.
AUSPICESAegis
AUSPICESGuiding sponsorship
AUSPICESFavorable omens
AUSPICESProtection
auspicesAUSPICE, a good omen
auspicespatronage; support; sponsorship
auspicesfavorable sign or propitious circumstance
auspicesaugur of ancient Rome
auspicesdivination or prognostication, originally from observing birds