- chirothesia
- , n. laying on of hands in ecclesiastical ceremony.
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chirothesia
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chirothesia — ˌkīrōˈthēzh(ē)ə noun ( s) Etymology: Late Greek cheirothesia, from Greek cheir chir + thesia (from thesis setting, placing, from tithenai to set, place) more at do : imposition of hands as in the ecclesiastical rites of confirmation and… … Useful english dictionary
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