<OL TYPE="1"><LI>an object used in casting or drawing lots, which was either a pebble, or a potsherd, or a bit of wood<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the lots of several persons concerned, inscribed with their names, were thrown together into a vase, which was then shaken, and he whose lot fell out first upon the ground was the one chosen</OL><LI>what is obtained by lot, allotted portion<OL TYPE="a"><LI>a portion of the ministry common to the apostles<LI>used of the part which one will have in eternal salvation<OL TYPE="1"><LI>of salvation itself<LI>the eternal salvation which God has assigned to the saints</OL><LI>of persons<OL TYPE="1"><LI>those whose care and oversight has been assigned to one [allotted charge], used of Christian churches, the administration of which falls to the lot of presbyters</OL></OL></OL>