See Also: sortilege(medicine)
sortilege(dictionary)

sortilege (iou)



sortilege noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French sortilege from medieval Latin sortilegium sorcery, divination, from Latin sortilegus sorcerer, diviner, from Latin sors, sort- (SORT noun2) + legere choose; in sense 2 directly from Latin sortilegus.]
The action or an act of divining or deciding something by casting lots. Also, sorcery, magic. LME.
A person who practises sortilege. rare. L15.
sortileger noun (now rare) a person who practises sortilege LME.
sorti'legious adjective (now rare) of, pertaining to, or of the nature of sortilege E17.
sortilegy noun [medieval Latin sortilegium] = SORTILEGE 1 LME.