Meanings
noun
- obsoletefittingness; appropriateness; seemliness
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...
ca 1596, William Shakespeare, 2 KING HENRY IV act iv,i
Origin
From sort (verb).
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sortance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sortance
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“sortance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sortance. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sortance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sortance.
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