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Webster 1913 Edition

Sortilege

Sor′ti-lege

,

Noun.

[F.

sortilège

, fr. L.

sors

,

sortis

, a lot +

legere

to gather, to select.]

The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots.

A woman infamous for

sortileges

and witcheries.

Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sortilege

SORT'ILEGE

,

Noun.

[L. sortilegium; sors, lot, and lego, to select.] The act or practice of drawing lots. [Sortilegy is not used.]