sortes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

sortes

Etymology

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

Derived words

sortes Biblicae sortes Homericae sortes Virgilianae
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.