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“sortileges”
1. The practice of magic with supernatural powers: With the wave of her magical wand, the Fairy Godmother, skilled in sortilege, changed the poor little scullery maid into a beautiful princess.
2. Etymology: from Latin sortilegus, “prophetic, soothsayer”; from sors, “lot, fortune” plus legere, “to read”.
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2. Etymology: from Latin sortilegus, “prophetic, soothsayer”; from sors, “lot, fortune” plus legere, “to read”.
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This entry is located in the following units:
legi-, -leg-, -ligi-, -lig-, -lect-, -lectic, -lection
(page 8)
regi-, reg-, rec-, rex-
(page 11)
sorc-, sors-, sort-
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“sortileges”
The practice of supernatural activities; such as, magical powers. (1)
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