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Etymology

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From sort (verb).

Noun

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sortance

  1. (obsolete) fittingness; appropriateness; seemliness
    • ca 1596, William Shakespeare, 2 KING HENRY IV act iv,i:
      Here doth he wish his person, with such powers
      As might hold sortance with his quality,
      The which he could not levy; whereupon
      He is retired, to ripe his growing fortunes,
      To Scotland...

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