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sortition [sɔːˈtɪʃən]

the act of casting lots

[from Latin sortitio, from sortiri to cast lots]

sortition

the casting of lots, as in a gambling game.

See also: Gambling

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sortition - making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn

casting lots, drawing lots

decision, determination, conclusion - the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"

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casting lots conclusion decision determination drawing lots Gambling			Sortition Sometimes called "democracy without elections", Sortition is the process of choosing decision makers via a random process. DEMOCRACY by Muhammad Meraj Kabir Khan / Government community Political elections, however, evolved from canonical elections, [10] and neither they nor guild elections, [11] which were a mixture of sortition and voting with black and white beans, had significant bearing on abbeses' elections during this period (although it is possible that the prioritizing of the local may have resulted in an occasional triumph of peculiarly local styles of election). Elections of Abbesses and Notions of Identity in Fifteenth- and ... by LOWE, KATE / Renaissance Quarterly In such instances, decisions are variously made by unanimity and supermajorities; officials are chosen by election, sortition (i. Going Bezirke by McClaughry, John / Reason			sort run sort-out Sortable Sortably sortal Sortance sortation sorted sorter Sortes Sortes Homericae sortie sortie allotment message sortie number sortie plot sortie reference sortilege Sortilegious Sortilegy sorting sorting algorithm sorting office sorting order sorting program Sortita sortition Sortment sorus Sorwe Sorweful Sory SOS Sosa sosatie Sosnowiec Sososholoza Soss sostenuto sostenuto pedal sot Sotadean Sotadic sote sotel soterialogy soteriological soteriology Sothe Sothiac Sothiac year Sothic			sorting office sorting offices sorting order sorting out sorting out sorting out sorting out sorting out the men from the boys sorting out the men from the boys sorting out the men from the boys sorting out the men from the boys sorting program sorting table sorting test sorting the wheat from the chaff sorting the wheat from the chaff sorting the wheat from the chaff sorting the wheat from the chaff sorting through sorting through sorting through sorting through Sorting, Simplifying, Sweeping, Standardizing, and Self-Discipline Sorting-by-Private-Information Sortino ratio Sortino Ratios Sortis Sortis sortita sortitio sortition Sortkey Sortkey Sortment sorts sorts sorts sorts sorts sorts SORTS Automated Formatting System sorts out sorts out sorts out sorts out sorts out the men from the boys sorts out the men from the boys sorts out the men from the boys sorts out the men from the boys sorts the wheat from the chaff sorts the wheat from the chaff sorts the wheat from the chaff sorts the wheat from the chaff sorts through sorts through sorts through sorts through SORTSTAT sortworker sorus sorus

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