The action or an act of casting or drawing lots, or using any equivalent process, as a method of making a decision; sortition. Also in extended…
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| 释义 | the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing by casting lots (29) lotOE The action or an act of casting or drawing lots, or using any equivalent process, as a method of making a decision; sortition. Also in extended… cutc1325 The drawing or casting of lots: †withor by cut, by lot. Obsolete. sortc1386 The casting or drawing of lots; divination by this means. Chiefly in by sort, = lot, n. 1b. sortition1597 The casting or drawing of lots; selection, choice, or determination by lot. sortilege1600 An act or instance of divining, choosing, or deciding by the drawing or casting of lots. ballotinga1618 Selection by ballot; drawing of lots. sortilegy1643 An act or instance of this; = sortilege, n.1 2. ballota1680 A method of drawing lots by taking out small balls, etc., from a box; (more generally) lot-drawing; an instance of this. sortilegium1858 = sortilegy, n. 2. Subcategories:— an act or instance of (1) — object used in (6) — one who casts lots (1) — choice resulting from (2) — to fill the place of another (1) — specific mode of singling out by lot (3) — tossing a coin (6) |
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