sortes

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sortes pl (plural only)

  1. divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.
    • 2014, AnneMarie Luijendijk, “Introduction”, in Forbidden Oracles? The Gospel of the Lots of Mary (Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity; 89)‎[1], Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebek, →ISBN, page 3:
      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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Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

sortes f

  1. plural of sorte

Verb[edit]

sortes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of sortir

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

sortēs f

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sors

References[edit]

  • sortes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sortes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

sortes

  1. plural of sorte