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Laying on of hands

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Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing.

    "And when Simon ſaw that through laying on of the Apoſtles hands', the holy Ghoſt was giuen, hee offered them money,[…]"

  2. 2
    laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination wordnet
  3. 3
    The charism whereby new bishops are initiated into the apostolic succession.
  4. 4
    the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body wordnet

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