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sortition


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sortition  \Sor*ti"tion\,  n.  [L.  sortitio,  from  sortiri  to  draw 
  or  cast  lots  fr  sors,  sortis,  a  lot.] 
  Selection  or  appointment  by  lot  [Obs.]  --Bp.  Hall. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sortition 
  n  :  making  a  chance  decision  by  using  lots  (straws  or  pebbles 
  etc.)  that  are  thrown  or  drawn  [syn:  {casting  lots},  {drawing 
  lots}] 




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