Usually means: Random selection for political office.
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▸ noun:  Selection by drawing lots.

Similar:
casting lots, drawing lots, divide and choose, sampling, subsort, permutation, scattering, combination, selection sort, fair division, more...

Opposite:
election, appointment, nomination

Types:
random selection, lottery, drawing, more...

Adjectives:
praetorian, pure, double, partial, first, random

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Similar:
casting lots, drawing lots, divide and choose, sampling, subsort, permutation, scattering, combination, selection sort, fair division, more...

Opposite:
election, appointment, nomination

Types:
random selection, lottery, drawing, more...

Adjectives:
praetorian, pure, double, partial, first, random



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