A person's destiny, fortune, or situation in life (originally viewed as having been allotted by fate or divine providence). Later also in extended…

That which befalls a person; (one's) hap, fortune, luck, lot. Obsolete or archaic.

That which befalls or happens to a person; one's fortune, fate, lot, situation, appointed duty, etc. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

plural (often in reference to a single person).

(One's) lot, fate, fortune; fate or fortune as a ruler of events. Obsolete.

That which is destined or fated to happen. Of an individual, an empire, etc.: The predestined or appointed lot; what a person, etc. is fated to…

Way of, or lot in, life. Obsolete.

That which is allotted (considered without reference to division or sharing); one's lot in life, fortune; what one receives or possesses; a…

A doom or judgement pronounced beforehand; destiny.

The fate of a person or thing; what befalls a person or thing. Obsolete.

What is assigned to a person by God, fate, or a similar agency; a person's luck, destiny, or fortune; one's lot (lot, n. 6a). Also: the action or…

That which a person or thing is fated to; a destined condition or position, a destiny.

? (One's) lot. Obsolete.

plural. Appointed lot in life. In echoes of Psalm xvi. 6, where the reference seems to be to the marking out of land for a dwelling-place.

One's condition or standing in life; often absol. a prosperous condition, as in to make one's fortune = to win a good position in the world. Also p…

A special dealing of Providence with a community, family, or person, dispensing blessing, affliction, or other event; the event or lot thus dealt…