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sorcery
c.1300, from O.Fr.
sorcerie
, from
sorcier
"sorcerer," from V.L.
*sortiarius
, lit. "one who influences, fate, fortune," from L.
sors
(gen.
sortis
) "lot, fate, fortune" (see
sort
).
Sorceress
(late 14c.) is attested much earlier than
sorcerer
(1520s).
