单词 | hand-laying |
释义 | > as lemmashand-laying hand-laying n. the placing of a person's hands on another as part of a religious rite or sacrament; cf. to lay hands on at lay v.1 21c. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 243 Unwis hond leggynge is chalenged of þe. 1849 J. W. Etheridge tr. Apostolical Acts & Epist. 157 By the hand-laying of the Apostles the Spirit of Holiness was given. 2000 E. Hill in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 59/2 In the ancient church order.., the water rite is immediately followed by the bishop's hand-laying with prayer and unction of the (fore)head. < as lemmas |
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