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sortilegious

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sor⋅ti⋅lege

  [sawr-tl-ij]
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–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

Related forms:
sor⋅ti⋅leg⋅ic  [sawr-tl-ej-ik] , sor⋅ti⋅le⋅gious  [sawr-tl-ee-juhs] , adjective
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