laying on of hands
laying on of hands noun: the practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing.
Noun
laying on of hands (plural layings on of hands)
- 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,[…]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 8:18, column 1
- He holds daily levees, which are crowded, at Metropolitan Hall, where he proclaims that he has been sent of God to heal diseases by the touch. Many are fools enough to try the experiment . . . . His formula is, "Disease, depart," accompanied with a laying on of hands.1865 April 2, “From the West”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Jan 2013
- The charism whereby new bishops are initiated into the apostolic succession.
- Synonyms:
- chirothesia
laying on of hands meaning in Indonesian
laying on of hands in Indonesian
- using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another
- penumpangan tangan
Examples of laying on of hands in a sentence
- They cast out devils by magic charms, cured diseases by the laying on of hands, drank deadly poisons unharmed, and unharmed played with deadly snakes—or so they claimed.1915, Jack London, The Jacket (The Star-Rover), ch. 17
- This monstrous parody of divine compassion . . . performs, in the presence of moving picture cameras, a grotesque parody upon the laying on of hands and the healing of the sick.1922, Upton Sinclair, chapter 35, in They Call Me Carpenter: A Tale of the Second Coming:
Synonyms of laying on of hands
Forms of laying on of hands
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| alternative form | laying-on of hands |
Questions about laying on of hands
- What does laying on of hands mean?
- Laying on of hands means the practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing.
- What is laying on of hands in Indonesian?
- Laying on of hands in Indonesian is penumpangan tangan. See Laying on of hands meaning in Indonesian.
- How do you use laying on of hands in a sentence?
- They cast out devils by magic charms, cured diseases by the laying on of hands, drank deadly poisons unharmed, and unharmed played with deadly snakes—or so they claimed.
- What part of speech is laying on of hands?
- Laying on of hands is a noun.
- What is the plural of laying on of hands?
- The plural of laying on of hands is layings on of hands.
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