- chirotony
- A vote which is taken by a show of hands
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
chirotony
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chirotony — index vote Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
chirotony — chi·rot·o·ny … English syllables
chirotony — , n. election by show of hands; Ecclesiastical, use of hand in blessing, etc … Dictionary of difficult words
chirotony — kīˈrätənē noun ( es) Etymology: Greek cheirotonia, from cheir chir + tonia (from tonos stretching, tension) more at tone : the extension of hands in bestowing a blessing in an ecclesiastical rite … Useful english dictionary
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