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.
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Sortilege
//ˈsɔːtɪlɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "sortilege" (20 found)
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Translations
9 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- arpomalla ennustaminen noun (magic)
- arvanveto noun (magic)
- noituus noun (magic)
- taikuus noun (magic)
Polish
4 entries- czarnoksięstwo noun (magic)
- magia noun (magic)
- wróżby noun (magic)
- wróżenie noun (magic)
Portuguese
1 entries- sortilégio noun (magic)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Orthodox believers […] were less happy about using sortilege to coerce God into taking decisions on their behalf.
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‘Too much evil sortilege,’ Glad always says when someone suggests he open a franchise over Cheat Ridge.
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People who faced difficult decisions or needed insight into the future would consult a diviner, who performed a ritual to locate an oracle in the codex and then interpreted the divinatory text. In Egypt and the wider Mediterranean world, this practice - sortilege - was both common and controversial.
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