sortilege
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sortilege /ˈsɔːtɪlɪdʒ/
▶noun chiefly historical the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random.
– origin ME: via OFr. from med. L. sortilegium ‘sorcery’, from L. sortilegus ‘sorcerer’, from L. sors, sort- ‘lot, chance’ + legere ‘choose’.
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