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Definition of Sortition
1. Noun. Making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn.
Definition of Sortition
1. n. Selection or appointment by lot.
Definition of Sortition
1. Noun. selection by drawing lots ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sortition
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sortition
Literary usage of Sortition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"sortition.—The next question constitutes perhaps the most important ... At what
date was election by lot, or sortition, introduced for the archon- ahip? ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"sortition.—The next question constitutes perhaps the most important ... At what
date was election by lot, or sortition, introduced for the archonship? ..."
3. A History of Greece; from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1870)
"The principle of sortition or choice by lot, was never applied (as I have j .
i* • i I* ji TT-i • 11 —next, sor- 1 For the constitution of ..."
4. History of Greece by George Grote (1851)
"We may appreciate the strength of with which such reform was demanded, when
sortition or we ... sortition ..."
5. Cornell Studies in Classical Philology by Cornell University (1893)
"The principle of sortition, on the other hand, was introduced to prevent ...
Most important of all, sortition, if adhered to, would have rendered it ..."
6. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"The jurors from, the various tribes were drawn for in different compartments.
The sortition was done by the nine Archons, the tenth tribe being drawn for by ..."
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