sortes
sortes noun: divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.
Noun
sortes pl (plural only)
- divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.
- 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!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)...
sortes meaning in Tamil
sortes in Tamil
- ஏட்டுத் திருவுளக் குறிப்பறிதல்
Origin of sortes
From Latin plural of sors (“lot, fate, oracular response”).
Words formed from sortes
- sortes Biblicae
- sortes Homericae
- sortes Virgilianae
Questions about sortes
- What does sortes mean?
- Sortes means divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.
- What is sortes in Tamil?
- Sortes in Tamil is ஏட்டுத் திருவுளக் குறிப்பறிதல். See Sortes meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sortes?
- Sortes is a noun.
Words near sortes in the dictionary
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