sortes

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Definition of sortes

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noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.
    “Book oracles, called sortes (from the Latin sors = lot, indicating that one would obtain the answers by casting lots), allowed for consultation on the spot; the oracle could even come to the petitioner!”

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Etymology

From Latin plural of sors (“lot, fate, oracular response”).

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