lay hands on as a verb: - 1
lay hands on
verb
1 lay hands on
Manage with the hands.
Roget 998:
perform service
[ritual actions of clergy],
do duty,
minister,
officiate,
baptize,
dip,
sprinkle;
anoint,
confirm,
lay hands on;
give the sacrament,
administer the sacrament;
administer extreme unction;
hear confession,
administer holy penance,
shrive;
excommunicate,
ban with bell book and candle.
[ritual actions of believers]
attend services,
attend mass,
go to mass,
hear mass;
take the sacrament,
receive the sacrament,
receive communion,
attend the sacrament,
partake of the sacrament,
partake of communion;
communicate;
receive extreme unction;
confess,
go to confession,
receive penance;
anele†.
[teaching functions of clergy]
preach,
sermonize,
predicate,
lecture.
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