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单词 chirotonize
释义 chiˈrotonize, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. Gr. χειροτονία election by show of hands, appointment (f. χειροτονεῖν to stretch out the hand, to elect by show of hands, or voting) + -ize.]
To elect by vote, to vote.
1658J. Harrington Prerog. Pop. Govt. i. vii. (1700) 259 If they unchirotoniz'd or unvoted God of the Kingdom, then they had chirotoniz'd or voted him to the Kingdom.
So chiroˈtonia, chiˈrotony, election or appointment to office by vote. (Sometimes confused with ‘ordination by imposition of hands’.)
[1658J. Harrington Prerog. Pop. Govt. i. xii. (1700) 308 The People gave the Result of the Commonwealth by their Chirotonia, that is, by holding up their hands.]1878Gladstone Gleanings III. 262 It was the cheirotony of the Acts that expanded into lay assent in the subsequent history of the Church.
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