sortilege

Examples

• All

• The villagers believed that sortilege could reveal the outcome of the harvest.

• She studied the history of sortilege and other forms of divination for her thesis.

• The ancient Greeks practiced sortilege to predict the outcome of battles.

• Can you believe they used sortilege to make such important decisions?

• In ancient Rome, sortilege was often used to decide important matters of state.

• The villagers believed that sortilege could reveal the outcome of the harvest.

• The ancient Greeks practiced sortilege to predict the outcome of battles.

Synonyms

D

divination

vssortilege

8 9.9

The act of trying to find the future using magic or signs

also covers making choices by random lots in addition to foretelling

N

necromancy

vssortilege

• Specialized

3 9.9

Talking to dead people using magic to learn the future or change what will happen

is broader, including many magical or lot methods beyond communicating with the dead

S

soothsaying

vssortilege

• Archaic

9.9

Saying what will happen in the future using signs or magic

also includes choosing by casting lots as well as predicting the future

V

vaticination

vssortilege

• Archaic

9.9

A prediction of future events said to come from a god

is wider, covering both magical methods and random lot decisions not only divine prophecy

C

crystal-gazing

vssortilege

9.9

Predicting the future by looking into a crystal ball or guessing about the future without real proof

is broader, adding decision by lots and other magical methods beyond that technique

S

sortition

vssortilege

• Formal

9.9

Choosing people or making decisions by drawing names from a hat

also includes using magical means to foretell the future in addition to drawing lots

How Magical

divination

8 9.9

prophecy

142 6.2

sortilege

• Archaic

9.9

drawing lots

4 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology