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单词 chirotonize
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chirotonizev.

Etymology: < Greek χειροτονία election by show of hands, appointment ( < χειροτονεῖν to stretch out the hand, to elect by show of hands, or voting) + -ize suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
To elect by vote, to vote.
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1658 J. Harrington Prerogative Pop. Govt. i. vii. 35 If they unchirotonized or unvoted God of the Kingdome, then they had chirotonized or voted him to the Kingdome.

Derivatives

chiroˈtonia n. Obsolete election or appointment to office by vote. (Sometimes confused with ‘ordination by imposition of hands’.)
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1658 J. Harrington Prerogative Pop. Govt. i. xii. 111 The People gave the result of the Common wealth by their Chirotonia, that is, by holding up their hands.]
chiˈrotony n. Obsolete = chirotonia n.
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1878 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings III. 262 It was the cheirotony of the Acts that expanded into lay assent in the subsequent history of the Church.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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