sortilegiousadj.
? Obsolete.
Of the nature of, relating to or connected with, sortilege.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > casting of lots, sortilege > [adjective]
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > casting lots
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1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. i. 12 Diuinations that were meerely superstitious, sortilegious, and diuellish.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 29 But were all they of Babylon solely and wholly trained up to this sortilegious trade?
a1717 C. Daubuz Perpetual Comm. Revelation (1720) xvi. 723 Horace..makes their [sc. frogs'] Blood an ingredient into sortilegious Charms.
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