/
ˈsɔːtɪlɪdʒ/
n.
chiefly historical the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from med. L. sortilegium ‘sorcery’, from L. sortilegus ‘sorcerer’, from L. sors, sort- ‘lot, chance’ + legere ‘choose’.
