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sor⋅ti⋅lege

   [sawr-tl-ij]
–noun
1. the drawing of lots for divination; divination by lot.
2. sorcery; magic.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML sortilegium, for L sortilegus, equiv. to sort- (s. of sors) lot, chance + -i- -i- + -legus (deriv. of legere to read, count, choose out); see -ium
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Sortilegious

Sor`ti*le"gious\, a. Pertaining to sortilege.

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