rare. [ad. L. sortileg-us diviner, fortune-teller, f. sort-, sors lot + legĕre to choose. Cf. obs. F. sortilegue, It., Sp., Pg. sortilego.] One who practises divination or sorcery.
1483. Caxton, Cato, Contents iv b. Ageynst them that ben sortileges of herbes and of wrytynges for to hele men or horses. Ibid., F j b. To the ende that none sette feythe to sortyleges ne to deuyners.
1855. Milman, Lat. Chr., V. XI. ix. 253. He is a sortilege, and consults diviners and fortune-tellers.
