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sortilege

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɔːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/Sorted eegilorstStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.

Word origin

From Old French sortilège, from Medieval Latin sortilegium (“witchcraft”), from Latin sortilegus (“sorcerer, diviner”), from sors (“fate”) + legere (“choose”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Orthodox believers […] were less happy about using sortilege to coerce God into taking decisions on their behalf.
  • ‘Too much evil sortilege,’ Glad always says when someone suggests he open a franchise over Cheat Ridge.

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