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Meaning of "sortilege" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SORTILEGE

Via Old French from Medieval Latin sortilegium, from Latin sortilegus a soothsayer, from sors fate + legere to select.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SORTILEGE

sortilege  [ˈsɔːtɪlɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SORTILEGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sortilege is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SORTILEGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sortilege in the English dictionary

The definition of sortilege in the dictionary is the act or practice of divination by drawing lots. Other definition of sortilege is magic or sorcery.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SORTILEGE


cartilage
ˈkɑːtɪlɪdʒ
curtilage
ˈkɜːtɪlɪdʒ
fibrocartilage
ˌfaɪbrəʊˈkɑːtɪlɪdʒ
fortilage
ˈfɔːtɪlɪdʒ
grillage
ˈɡrɪlɪdʒ
intertillage
ˌɪntəˈtɪlɪdʒ
milage
ˈmaɪlɪdʒ
mileage
ˈmaɪlɪdʒ
millage
ˈmɪlɪdʒ
pillage
ˈpɪlɪdʒ
privilege
ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒ
sacrilege
ˈsækrɪlɪdʒ
silage
ˈsaɪlɪdʒ
spillage
ˈspɪlɪdʒ
spoilage
ˈspɔɪlɪdʒ
stillage
ˈstɪlɪdʒ
tillage
ˈtɪlɪdʒ
treillage
ˈtreɪlɪdʒ
tutelage
ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ
village
ˈvɪlɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SORTILEGE

sort
sort code
sort of
sort out
sort out the men from the boys
sort-out
sorta
sortable
sortal
sortance
sortation
sorted
sorter
sortie
sortileger
sorting
sorting code
sorting office
sortition
sortment

WORDS THAT END LIKE SORTILEGE

agricultural college
allege
Bible college
business college
city college
college
commercial college
community college
disprivilege
executive privilege
junior college
naval college
Open College
parliamentary privilege
special privilege
spicilege
teachers´ college
technical college
the Open College
training college

Synonyms and antonyms of sortilege in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sortilege» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SORTILEGE

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The translations of sortilege from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sortilege» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sortilege
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sortilegio
570 millions of speakers

English

sortilege
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sortilege
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sortilege
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гадания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sortilégio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sortilege
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sortilège
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sortilege
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sortilege
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sortilege
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sortilege
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sortilege
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự bói bằng cách rút thăm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாந்திரீகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तडजोड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sortilegio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sortilege
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гадання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sortilege
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Sortilege
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tovenarij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sortilege
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sortilege
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sortilege

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SORTILEGE»

The term «sortilege» is regularly used and occupies the 90.182 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SORTILEGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sortilege

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SORTILEGE»

Discover the use of sortilege in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sortilege and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fortune Telling
SORTILEGE Definition Divination by the casting or drawing of lots, derived from the Latin, sors, the word for lot, and sortilegus, meaning diviner. An altemative name for sortilege is cleromancy, from kleros, the Greek word for lot. History There ...
Diagram Group, 2007
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Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)
Obj. 3. Further, fighting with the fists, or monomachy, i.e. single combat as it is called, and trial by fire and water, which are called popular trials, seem to come under the head of sortilege, because something unknown is sought by their means.
St Thomas Aquinas, 2013
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The "Summa Theologica" of St. Thomas Aquinas
I answer that, As stated above (A. 3), sortilege consists, properly speaking, in doing something, that by observing the result one may come to the knowledge of something unknown. If by casting lots one seeks to know what is to be given to ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Reginaldus de Piperno, 1922
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Summa Theologica:
Objection 3 : Further, fighting with the fists, or "monomachy," i.e. single combat as it is called, and trial by fire and water, which are called "popular" trials, seem to come under the head of sortilege, because something unknown is sought by their  ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), 1985
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Crosswinds: An Anthology of Black Dramatists in the Diaspora
2 Written in 1951, Sortilege was banned for six years by the police censorship bureau. It was finally staged in 1957 at the country's two major theaters, the Municipal Theaters of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. While some critics accused the ...
William B. Branch, 1993
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The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition:
Now the actions ofmanthat are required for sortilege and their results are not subject to the dispositions of the stars. Wherefore if anyone practicing sortilege is so mindedasthough the human acts requisitefor sortilege dependedfor theirresult  ...
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing, 2014
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Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated ...
"popular" trials, seem to come under the head of sortilege, because something unknown is sought by their means. Yet these practices seem to be lawful, because David is related to have engagedinsingle combat with the Philistine ( 1Kings ...
Saint Aquinas Thomas, 2014
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Ancients Of 318: The Lost Book of Sortilege
Call me Sortilege I remember when we were called family When I was known as just Phoenix And our bonds were tight knit Like a genetic double helix Most of us searching the quick fix To life's little turns, twists, and cruel tricks I remember the ...
Jesse Aaron Blackbourne, 2011
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the I Ching
Although the Chinese continued to use scapuli- mancy and plastromancy as late as the Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-C.E. 25), these time- consuming methods were eventually replaced by sortilege, divination by drawing lots. Before we ...
Elizabeth Moran, Joseph Yu, 2002
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Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora
Seljam's drama, therefore, is one of reaffirmation, and it reflects the need for such a reassessment of syncretic values of acculturation, since it has its obvious conflicts and dangers, as expressed in Abdias do Nascimento's Sortilege?
Carter Harrison Paul, Paul Carter Harrison, Victor Leo Walker (II.), 2002

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SORTILEGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sortilege is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smoked duck wrapped turkey breast flambe
Jean-François Fortin, executive chef at the Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello prepares smoked duck wrapped turkey breast flambe with Sortilege Liquor, pulled ... «CTV News, Dec 14»
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Sidney Frank Importing Co. Named Exclusive US Importer and …
Sortilege, meaning “magic spell,” is a unique blend of Canadian rye whisky and pure maple syrup. Created from the richness and authenticity of the Quebec ... «BevNET.com, Jan 14»
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Sidney Frank Importing Company Named Exclusive U.S. Importer …
Sortilege, meaning "magic spell,'' is a unique blend of Canadian rye whisky and pure maple syrup. Created from the richness and authenticity of the Quebec ... «PR Newswire, Jan 14»
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Sortilège : mémorables pionniers du métal français
Sortilege Ce blog a davantage vocation à chanter des Freude schöner Götterfunken que des cocoricos. Qu'on me permette cependant aujourd'hui de porter aux ... «Libération, May 13»
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Spirit of the Day: Sortilege Prestige
Bring the fun home with a bottle of Sortilege Prestige, a uniquely Canadian blend of 100 per cent rye whisky aged seven years in white oak barrels mixed with ... «National Post, Mar 13»
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Sortilege de Cartier: the magic of the stones
The dinner was enlivened by the presentation of eight tableaux vivants depicting Ancient Rome and the olfactory themes of the Sortilège de Cartier Collection. «Bulgarian fashion directory, Sep 11»

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