{"def":{"short":"an imposition (of hands officially)","long":["a laying on, imposition"]},"deriv":"from G2007","pronun":{"ipa":"ɛˈpi.θɛ.sis","ipa_mod":"e̞ˈpi.θe̞.sis","sbl":"epithesis","dic":"eh-PEE-theh-sees","dic_mod":"ay-PEE-thay-sees"},"see":["G2007"],"comment":"The laying on of hands was a sacred rite transmitted by the Jews to the Christians and employed in praying for another or in conferring upon him divine blessings, especially bodily health or the Holy Spirit (at the administration of baptism and the inauguration to their office of the teachers and ministers of the church)."}