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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromχειροτονίᾱ
- English todaychirotony
From Ancient Greek χειροτονίᾱ (kheirotoníā), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + -τονία (-tonía) (from τόνος (tónos, “stretching, tension”)).
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chirotony
Today it means: The laying on of hands as an ecclesiastical rite Full definition →
Ancient Greek χειροτονίᾱ