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SORS
Sors,
n.;
pl.
Sortes.
Etym:
[L.]
Defn: A
lot;
also,
a
kind
of
divination
by
means
of
lots.
Sortes
Homericæ
or
Virgilianæ
Etym:
[L.,
Homeric
or
Virgilian
lots
], a
form
of
divination
anciently
practiced,
which
consisted
in
taking
the
first
passage
on
which
the
eye
fell,
upon
opening
a
volume
of
Homer
or
Virgil,
or
a
passage
drawn
from
an
urn
which
several
were
deposited,
as
indicating
future
events,
or
the
proper
course
to
be
pursued.
In
later
times
the
Bible
was
used
for
the
same
purpose
by
Christians.
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