Definition of Sortes

1. n. pl. of Sors.

Definition of Sortes

1. Noun. divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sortes

1. divination by chance opening of the bible [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sortes

sortably
sortal
sortals
sortance
sortances
sortase
sortases
sortation
sortations
sorte
sorted
sorted oneself out
sorted out
sorter
sorters
sortes (current term)
sortie
sortied
sortieing
sorties
sortilege
sortileges
sortilegious
sorting
sorting algorithm
sorting algorithms
sorting oneself out
sorting out
sorting program
sortings

Literary usage of Sortes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1892)
"jealousies engendered by this conspiracy were very BOO detrimental to the Vandal state1. — 2. The Vandal Allotments (sortes ..."

2. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (1895)
"sortes SANCTORUM THE VALENTINE XIII IT was Sunday afternoon in the farmhouse, on the thirteenth of February. Dinner being over, Bathsheba, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"sortes, lots. Among the modes of divination practised by the Italian nations, ... It is probable that there were also sortes at the oracular seat of Fortuna ..."

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