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- Imposition
- n. The act of blessing or consecrating by the laying on
of hands — a ceremony common to many ecclesiastical systems, but
performed with the frankest sincerity by the sect known as Thieves.
“Lo! by the laying on of hands,”
Pollo Doncas
Say parson, priest and dervise,
”We consecrate your cash and lands
To ecclesiastical service.
No doubt you’ll swear till all is blue
At such an imposition. Do.”