sortilege
/ˈsɔːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
sortilege noun: witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.
Noun
sortilege (countable and uncountable, plural sortileges)
- Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.
- 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.1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
- Orthodox believers […] were less happy about using sortilege to coerce God into taking decisions on their behalf.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 115
- Synonyms:
- sorcery, thaumaturgy, wizardry, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring, craft, dark arts
sortilege meaning in Tamil
sortilege in Tamil
- திருவுளச்சீட்டுத் திருக்குறிப்பறிவு
Examples of sortilege in a sentence
- ‘Too much evil sortilege,’ Glad always says when someone suggests he open a franchise over Cheat Ridge.2001, JT Leroy, Sarah:
- In Egypt and the wider Mediterranean world, this practice - sortilege - was both common and controversial.2014, AnneMarie Luijendijk, “Introduction”, in Forbidden Oracles? The Gospel of the Lots of Mary (Studien und Texte zu Antike und...
Synonyms of sortilege
- sorcery
- thaumaturgy
- wizardry
- bewitchery
- black arts
- charmwork
- conjuration
- conjuring
- dark arts
- diablerie
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Forms of sortilege
| plural | sortileges |
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Origin of sortilege
From Old French sortilège, from Medieval Latin sortilegium (“witchcraft”), from Latin sortilegus (“sorcerer, diviner”), from sors (“fate”) + legere (“choose”).
Words formed from sortilege
Questions about sortilege
- What does sortilege mean?
- Sortilege means witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.
- What is sortilege in Tamil?
- Sortilege in Tamil is திருவுளச்சீட்டுத் திருக்குறிப்பறிவு. See Sortilege meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use sortilege in a sentence?
- ‘Too much evil sortilege,’ Glad always says when someone suggests he open a franchise over Cheat Ridge.
- What part of speech is sortilege?
- Sortilege is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sortilege?
- Sortilege is pronounced /ˈsɔːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of sortilege?
- The plural of sortilege is sortileges.
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