Sortilege

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sortilege \Sor"ti*lege\, n. [F. sortil[`e]ge, fr. L. sors,
     sortis, a lot + legere to gather, to select.]
     The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing
     lots.
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           A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
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