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CASTING LOTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does casting lots mean?
• CASTING LOTS (noun)
The noun CASTING LOTS has 1 sense:
1. making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
Familiarity information: CASTING LOTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
casting lots; drawing lots; sortition
Hypernyms ("casting lots" is a kind of...):
conclusion; decision; determination (the act of making up your mind about something)
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