Sortilege
//ˈsɔːtɪlɪd͡ʒ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions. countable, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Old French sortilège, from Medieval Latin sortilegium (“witchcraft”), from Latin sortilegus (“sorcerer, diviner”), from sors (“fate”) + legere (“choose”).
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