Definitions for sortition
sor·ti·tion

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1. casting lots, drawing lots, sortitionnoun

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

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1. sortitionnoun

   selection by drawing lots

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1. Sortition

   In governance, sortition (also known as selection by lottery, selection by lot, allotment, demarchy, stochocracy, aleatoric democracy, democratic lottery, and lottocracy) is the selection of political officials as a random sample from a larger pool of candidates. The system intends to ensure that all competent and interested parties have an equal chance of holding public office. It also minimizes factionalism, since there would be no point making promises to win over key constituencies if one was to be chosen by lot, while elections, by contrast, foster it. In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy.Today, sortition is commonly used to select prospective jurors in common-law systems and is sometimes used in forming citizen groups with political advisory power.

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1. sortition

   Sortition is the process of making selections, decisions, or allotments by random drawing or lottery. It is often used in the context of selecting individuals for political positions or duties, as seen in some democratic systems where certain positions are filled by randomly choosing from a pool of candidates.

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1. Sortitionnoun

   selection or appointment by lot

2. Etymology: [L. sortitio, from sortiri to draw or cast lots, fr. sors, sortis, a lot.]

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1. Sortition

   In politics, sortition is the selection of decision makers by lottery. The decision-makers are chosen as a random sample from a larger pool of candidates. In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the primary method for appointing officials, and its use was widely regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy. It is commonly used today to select prospective jurors in common law-based legal systems.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sortition in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sortition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sortition
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sortition
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sortition
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sortition
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=sortition