|
|
Definition of Sortance
1. n. Suitableness; agreement.
Definition of Sortance
1. Noun. (obsolete) suitability; agreement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sortance
1. suitableness [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sortance
Literary usage of Sortance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"Here doth he wish his person, with such powers As might hold sortance with his
quality. I do not know another instance. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"... sortance, *. Agreement, suitableness. Here dolli he wish his person, with such
powere As might ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"also (Fr. sortir) to come out or issue in a particular manner: sortal is an
adjective introduced and explained below by Locke : sortance, ..."
Other Resources:
