laying on of hands

== English == === Alternative forms === laying-on of hands === Noun === laying on of hands (plural layings on of hands) (religion, chiefly Christianity) The practice of using touch to communicate spiritual energy from one person to another, especially as an act of healing. 1915, Jack London, The Jacket (The Star-Rover), ch. 17: 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. (Christianity) The charism whereby new bishops are initiated into the apostolic succession. ==== Synonyms ==== chirothesia ==== Related terms ==== lay hands on (verb) lay on hands (verb) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== faith healer simony slay someone in the Spirit === References === “laying on of hands”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.