sortilege. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

sortilege

SYLLABICATION:	sor·ti·lege
PRONUNCIATION:	sôrtl-j
NOUN:	1. The act or practice of foretelling the future by drawing lots. 2. Sorcery; witchcraft.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sortilegium, from sortilegus, diviner : Latin sors, sort-, lot; see ser-² in Appendix I + Latin legere, to read; see leg- in Appendix I.


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