— sortilegic /sawr'tl ej"ik/ , sortilegious /sawr'tl ee"jeuhs/ , adj.
/sawr"tl ij/ , n.
1. the drawing of lots for divination; divination by lot.
2. sorcery; magic.
[ 1350-1400; ME sortilegium, for L sortilegus, equiv. to sort- (s. of sors ) lot, chance + -i- -I- + -legus (deriv. of legere to read, count, choose out); see -IUM ]