sortes noun pl. ['sɔ:ti:z, 'sɔ:teɪz], also treated as sing. L16.
[Latin, pl. of sors lot, chance.]
Divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in Virgil (in full sortes Virgilianae [,vǝ:dʒɪlɪ'ɑ:ni:]), Homer (in full sortes Homericae [hǝʊ'mɛrɪki:]), or the Bible (in full sortes Biblicae ['bɪblɪki:]).

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