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sortilege
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SORTILEGE
n.[L. sortilegium; sors, lot, and lego, to select. ] The act or practice of drawing lots. [Sortilegy is not used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SORTILEGE
Sor "ti *lege, n. Etym: [F. sortilège, fr. L. sors, sortis, a lot +legere to gather, to select. ]
Defn: The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots. A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. Sir W. Scott.
New American Oxford Dictionary
sortilege
sor ti lege |ˈsôrtl -ij ˈsɔrtlɪʤ | ▶noun chiefly historical the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin sortilegium ‘sorcery, ’ from Latin sortilegus ‘sorcerer, ’ from sors, sort- ‘lot, chance ’ + legere ‘choose. ’
Oxford Dictionary
sortilege
sortilege |ˈsɔːtɪlɪdʒ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly historical the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin sortilegium ‘sorcery ’, from Latin sortilegus ‘sorcerer ’, from Latin sors, sort- ‘lot, chance ’ + legere ‘choose ’.
French Dictionary
sortilège
sortilège n. m. nom masculin 1 Sort jeté. : Cette gitane prétend recourir aux sortilèges. 2 figuré Attrait irrésistible exercé sur quelqu ’un. : Les sortilèges de l ’amour. SYNONYME charme . Note Orthographique sorti l ège.
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