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sortilege

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sor·ti·lege  (sôrtl-j)
n.
1. The act or practice of foretelling the future by drawing lots.
2. Sorcery; witchcraft.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sortilegium, from sortilegus, diviner : Latin sors, sort-, lot; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots + Latin legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

sortilege [ˈsɔːtɪlɪdʒ]
n
1. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the act or practice of divination by drawing lots
2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) magic or sorcery
[via Old French from Medieval Latin sortilegium, from Latin sortilegus a soothsayer, from sors fate + legere to select]

sortilege
a form of divination involving drawing lots.
See also: Divination, Magic


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We have therefore summoned to our presence a Jewish woman, by name Rebecca, daughter of Isaac of York---a woman infamous for sortileges and for witcheries; whereby she hath maddened the blood, and besotted the brain, not of a churl, but of a Knight---not of a secular Knight, but of one devoted to the service of the Holy Temple---not of a Knight Companion, but of a Preceptor of our Order, first in honour as in place.
 
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