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sortes
sortes (ˈsɔːtiːz) pl ndivination by opening a book, esp the Bible, at randomIdiomsSeesortsortes
sortes(Homericae, Virgilianae, Biblicae) fortune-telling by taking random passages from a book (as Iliad, Aeneid, or the Bible). [Eur. Culture: Collier’s, VII, 683]See: Prophecy |