Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SORTES
SORTES Sor "tes, n.,
Defn: pl. of Sors.
New American Oxford Dictionary
sortes
sor tes |ˈsôrˌtēz, -ˌtāz ˈsɔrtiz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative. ORIGIN Latin, ‘chance selections (of the Bible ).’
Oxford Dictionary
sortes
sortes |ˈsɔːtiːz, ˈsɔːteɪz |(also sortes Biblicae |ˈbɪblikiː |) ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative. ORIGIN Latin, ‘chance selections (of the Bible )’.
Duden Dictionary
Sortes
Sor tes Pluralwort , die |S o rtes …teːs |die Sortes (Plural ) lateinisch in der Antike beim Orakel verwendete Eichenstäbchen oder Bronzeplättchen