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Definition of Sortileges
1. sortilege [n] - See also: sortilege
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sortileges
Literary usage of Sortileges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"... and as it were in confession, that he had married this woman seduced and
constrained by " sortileges," and for that cause he held the marriage void. ..."
2. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"As for concentrating on particulars there are four kinds of sortileges: (a) the
knot-sortilege of ye-srid ..."
3. Travels Amongst American Indians: Their Ancient Earthworks and Temples by Lindesay Brine (1894)
"... and if the sortileges said yes, they called the Cacique and captains of war,
and told them how the enemies were coming, and where they should go to make ..."
4. The History of France by Parke Godwin (1860)
"... to illumine their path during the night; and the sacred sortileges, consulted
over the tomb of St. Martin, presaged a glorious triumph.1 The same powers ..."
5. The History of France by Parke Godwin (1860)
"oDe,AD607. which he did with great rapidity, but not before it had been placed
in a state of thorough defense. sortileges Bibliorum at Tours; ..."
6. The History of France by Parke Godwin (1860)
"1 Chlodwig sent deputies to try the sortileges Bibliorum at Tours; as they entered
the church the chanter was ..."
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